Cliche of the Week 13 – Cut Through

Cutting through the clutter of politic-speak feels like digging a shallow grave with a laser pointer.

While football players cut through the defence to score goals and marketers dream of cutting through the masses to reach the right audience, politicians struggle to cut through to win headlines and secure votes.

"Julia Gillard has struggled to cut through public concern about Labor's June 24 dumping of Kevin Rudd" (The Australian, August 9).

"Certainly, Mr Rudd's critique on Thursday as to why M...