As if Australian politics couldn't get any more pointless, there seems to be a move afoot to push Malcolm Turnbull aside in favour of Peter Dutton. Can they be serious? They've tried an articulate, intelligent person with considerable charm and an appeal to both sides of politics, and decided that didn't work, so now want to try the direct opposite. Paula Matthewson of the New Daily says this is a man who is most depicted in social media as a potato.
However he has turned up to Parliament this week with a new suit, a buzz cut and a tan, so something has to be on. But when will they realise that changing the leader will not solve the problem. It's not the captain of the Titanic that's the problem, it's the iceberg.
I think I will leave the last word to my namesake, John Christie of Oatley in NSW, in a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday.
... I do not fear the ascendancy of Peter Dutton. Just as Donald Trump has done in America with the Republicans, so Dutton will do for the Liberal Party – send it into Opposition for a long time. Hopefully, on returning to power, it will have become more like the party of Menzies, and resolve to govern for all sectors of the community.
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