Ann, thanks for sharing your passionate views - I think they are reasonable, and important factors for Dean to take into account.
But I think that Terence's information confirms what we all first suspected - that Dean was not invited to the BBQ precisely because he might well have said something to "offend", and that he was not going to fit in with Howard's stage-managed grovelling. Gordon Moyes, on the other hand, appears to have easily blended in with the crowd.
Of course, whatever Dean said/wrote in his RSVP, Howard will not give a toss what Dean was doing at the time - but I'm sure Dean didn't do it in order to score political points.
While I may not agree with everything Dean does, I do have confidence that he is making considered decisions and doing the best he can.
Kind regards, Lindsay Brash.
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