by ROGER CROOK – IS ANTHONY Albanese the right person to be prime minister of Australia?
He has changed in the past two years; he has regressed, reverted to the Albanese we knew so well over the decades. The chubby, angry man who once said: “I like fighting Tories. That’s what I do.”
- As the tide turned against him, he started to revert to type, blaming everyone but himself.
- He’s older, but not wiser than the young hot head from Labor’s Left; the socialist who railed against common sense.
- Matters of State are of less importance to this prime minister than electioneering.
He never appeared to recover when the people unanimously rejected his Voice referendum.
He spent his first 12 months as prime minister, not on the affairs of State, but doing nothing other than promoting the Yes side of the referendum debate.
EBULLIENT
To start with he was ebullient, it appeared that the majority were with him; the intelligentsia, industry, and the well-off donated millions to his campaign.
Slowly, as the tide turned against him, he started to revert to type, blaming everyone but himself.
On October 14 last year, the people said No to constitutional change and to Anthony Albanese.
The PM was visibly distraught and close to tears as he stood before the cameras to make the announcement that the people, by a large majority, had rejected his chance for a place in history.
Then, two months later he claimed the decision did not affect him because he wasn’t indigenous; no one believed him.
At 61 years of age, Anthony Albanese has matured but not changed.
He is just older, but not wiser than the young hot head from Labor’s Left; the socialist who railed against John Howard, Alexander Downer, financial market deregulation, nuclear power, uranium mining, privatisation and tariff cuts.
The man who censored Israel and supported Palestine.
OBSESSED
Albanese’s views might be a bit softer now; he might not talk about old views and beliefs; leopards and spots; he is still obsessed with fighting Tories because that is all he knows; he still resorts to ad hominem attacks on his political opponents and appears to delight in it.
Matters of State are of less importance to this prime minister than electioneering; he is in perpetual election mode, hither and thither, from coast to coast in Albo 1.
Airbus Albo travels the country at the people’s expence, handing out the people’s money pleading with the people for a second term in The Lodge.
For a Sydney boy raised in a State-owned house, the magnificent fully staffed Kirribilli House, overlooking Sydney Harbour, is as good as it gets.
Two years on, the fear of being a one term government is visible in his demeanour.
It is said Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Marie Antoinette said to the peasants starved of bread, “Let them eat cake”.
On March 4, 2022, Anthony Albanese, as Leader of the Opposition, said this in an address to the Lowy Institute:
“Let me be clear: Labor will ensure that Defence has all the resources it needs to defend Australia and deter potential aggressors.”
What he forgot to say was mañana, tomorrow; as we all know tomorrow never comes.PC
“Let me be clear: Labor will ensure that Defence has all the resources it needs to defend Australia and deter potential aggressors.”
And one of Labor’s first cancellations was the outstanding for delivery order for 30 more F-35 Lightning stealth jet fighters for the RAAF to take the total to 100 aircraft.
Striking similarity between Canberra and Washington right now. Governments led by useless twits who are only kept in place by the total absence of less repellent alternatives.
US Socialist Democrat left.
Australia socialist Union Labor left.