Wednesday 17 June 1998
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.

by Halliwell Hannah

Last week Derryn Hinch resurfaced from wherever he hides himself these days, to appear on Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton. It seems that the Bearded One has thrown his hat into the Australian political ring and will be a candidate at the next election. These days Derryn sports glitter on one of his thumbnails, and if you can be bothered listening, he'll tell you all about the little girl who inspired him to do this and form the P.E.A.C.H. Party. P.E.A.C.H stands for People Everywhere Against Child Harm, or is that People Everywhere Against Clones of Hitler... no...no I remember now, it's Poultry Everywhere Against Clothed Humans (I could be wrong).

Not content with boring everyone about why he is always right, the jaded media demagogue took to the stage and belted out an excruciating version of Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful". His wretched vocals sounded as if he was recovering from a throat operation and the tortured expression on his face reminded me of a man passing a kidney stone. Message to Derryn: That footage will come back to haunt you (and so it should).