Unity is death
Monday, 27 July 2015 State of the parties 4 comments
The cave-in by the left was not because the left position’s in terms of numbers was weak, but because the leader was weak and the left leadership had to go all out to ensure that he wasn’t embarrassed.
Rudd
Thursday, 14 November 2013 Political figures 32 comments
Rudd’s departure does not mean the Australian political system will be any less vulnerable to an anti-political attack either from within or without. It’s just that it is unlikely next time it will be done with such panache.
Review: Mark Latham’s Not Dead Yet
Monday, 29 April 2013 Key posts, State of the parties 26 comments
Latham is articulating a search for a new relationship of politics to society, based not on its representation, but on intervention on a degraded basis. You have been warned.
Howard’s Golden Age
Monday, 20 August 2012 State of the parties 16 comments
The over-turning of the orthodoxies of the Howard period during 2008-2009 has been forgotten as much as the reason for the popularity for the man who brought them about.
The last thing they need are ideas – ALP edition
Wednesday, 10 November 2010 State of the parties 18 comments
If Rudd was so powerful, how could he have been summarily dismissed within barely a blink of an eye?
When did John Howard become boring?
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 Political figures 8 comments
Karl Bitar says that Howard’s agenda has little relevance to the electorate today. He should know.
Let’s all forget 2007 – ALP edition
Wednesday, 7 July 2010 Tactics, The Australian state 28 comments
Gillard claims to want to move away from political correctness on asylum seekers, but in fact her entire approach to the issue shares the assumption of the politically correct left; namely that concerns about it are such a powerful inflammatory force in the electorate that it must be indulged and made a big deal of.
Unravelling Tony Abbott
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 Political figures 8 comments
Like One Nation, Abbott’s accession to the leadership is being confused with another phenomenon – the revival of the right.
Opposing on empty
Monday, 15 March 2010 Tactics 4 comments
If Howard couldn’t sustain a distinctive agenda in the run up to the 2007 election, why should Abbott after 2010?
The curse of anti-politics returns
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 Key posts, State of the parties 7 comments
What we are seeing here is the second stage of the problem of undermining of the Australian political class, that began with the exhaustion of the domestic program twenty years ago, and has now extended to the international sphere.
