Interesting that Mark never spoke of someone wrong. I have read a lot of interviews and stories and I do not remember anyone criticizing etc. Someone has a problem here
Indeed Mark never criticized anyone publicly.
Actually to be honest he hardly talks at all. It takes the death of such a legend as Chuck Berry to get a small word from him.
But that does not mean that he can't be harsh in private. We all know the "play whatever the fuck you want, it won't end up on the album anyway" he told his own brother. Who knows how it was with Pick. We know the way Terry was replaced overnight for the BIA album, and "did not meet the grade" for OES. When it comes to his music, Mark is very demanding to say the least.
Taking this into account, I don't think that Phil Palmer's words on him were outrageous. He said that "Mark can be an ogre sometimes", which is just stating the obvious. He poke fun at the sausages story, which is rather funny. Nothing to be angry with, really.
I am more concerned about Alan's statement that "Mark was not such an important piece of DS after all". Now THAT is scandalous...