I don’t like writing in support of politicians. It only encourages them. But Scott Morrison has been subjected to such an avalanche of ignorant criticism for telephoning the Chief Commissioner of Police in NSW that I feel compelled to say a few words in his defence. In fact, the criticism has been given such a false aura of pseudo-constitutional principle that I thought it might be useful for readers to have a bit of reality thrown into the mix by someone who at least knows a few of the principles involved and how they work.