Hong Kong's newest jester, Long Hair Leung, is already pushing his first self-created "crisis". He is refusing to use the standard oath of office when the LegCo is sworn in, instead intending to introduce his own wording. He'll be heading to court to protest his right to make the rules up as he decides under the cloak of "freedom of political belief", rather than follow the Basic Law that he pretends to defend.

Long Hair's election and his actions since are achieving only one thing: exposing LegCo for the joke that it is. He will do far more damage to the institution than Beijing could ever hope to do itself.