I stumbled across a reference this morning to the suggestion that, when Malcolm Turnbull was thinking of entering politics, his wife said he should join the ALP. He eventually joined the Liberal Party but in 1999 he became 'p . . . . d off with John Howard and approached people like Bob Hawke and Graham Richardson to switch to the ALP, but Kim Beazley said he was clearly a Lib and should stay with them.
The issue rose again in 2009 when the Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun published articles saying that Malcolm was a dead duck and must be regretting he joined the wrong party (and maybe regretting he didn't listen to his wife!). His chances of becoming Prime Minister, they wrote, are gone. Now, of course, he is Prime Minister but handicapped by the fact that his party hates him and he is unable to promote the policies he believes in.
A whole string of polls underlines the fact that Malcolm is the more popular leader but that the ALP has the more attractive policies. Wouldn't it be good if we could have two elections - one for the Prime Minister and one for the policies. With a raft of sensible and fair policies to promote, I'm sure Malcolm could become the statesman he yearns to be. Maybe that's too much to expect and, perhaps the best solution we can hope for is that the Libs win the election and that Malcolm seizes the chance to ditch all the right-wing reactionaries who have hijacked the party, and install younger, forward-thinking ministers who can lead Australia intelligently. I could help him with identifying who needs to go, starting with Abbott, Dutton, Abetz, Brandis and Morrison. Thank goodness we've already lost Bronwyn. As the Lord High Executioner said, she never will be missed.
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