Alan Jones. George Pell.

The week belonged to the Parrot, the hero of Struggle Street. He was up to his old attention-grabbing schtick: vile remarks, followed by public fury, doubling down, a tight-lipped “apology”, then threats from management that this was his “last chance”. There was a special twist on this occasion – Jones complained the ABC’s Media Watch didn’t broadcast all of his comments about Jacinda Ardern.

If there’s anything the Parrot likes, it’s the full context of his unvarnished misogynistic diatribes.

It was George Orwell who said a man gets the face he deserves after the age of 50. Alan Jones’s face is evidence of the truth of that remark. Something terrible must have happened to him when he was a kiddie. Maybe it was a traumatic birth, a lonely neglected childhood, or an over-attentive parent who thought the sun shone out of little Alan’s backside.

All of these things can lead to disturbed behaviour later in life.

What is intriguing is the nature and quality of the advertisers who have departed from his program, and some entirely from 2GB. This includes at least two companies in the bedding industry: Koala Mattress and Snooze. Koala says it’s time for 2GB “to wake up”. There’s also Total Tools, which one would have imagined would be a perfect fit for the Jones show.

ME Bank and Anytime Fitness are also gone. A fitness business does seem an odd advertiser for Jones, whose listeners are over 85 and mostly in nursing homes. If enough companies decamp, only then will Jones be put out to pasture. It’s the money that matters, not the decency.

The Sleeping Giants movement, which aims to dissuade major companies from supporting racism, bigotry and misogyny, is urging citizens to send their old and preferably smelly socks to Peter Costello, the chairman of Nine Entertainment, which holds a majority stake in Macquarie Media.

In a touching aside last week, Jones decided to read messages of support. He claimed a “very prominent female political figure” had said, “Alan, don’t worry. I haven’t met a man more supportive of women.”

You wouldn’t read about it.

Letter bugs

The “palace letters” case is to get the full attention of the High Court. For difficultto-comprehend reasons, the Federal Court – including the full Federal Court – thinks the letters then Governor-General Jolly John Kerr wrote to the Queen relating to the dismissal of the Whitlam government are “personal” and not records of the Commonwealth. Now, their Highnesses in Canberra are to decide.

The National Archives believes the correspondence is so red hot it must be kept under lock and key, away from the eyes of Australians who would like to know the role fragrant royals played in the sacking of the elected government.

Certainly, HM Brenda Battenberg has given no sign she thinks Kerr’s cosy letters should be released.

Recently, a few more letters between Kerr and the Queen’s private secretaries, Sir Martin Charteris and Sir Philip Moore, were dribbled out