by PAUL COLLITS – THE Australian Labor Party is demonstrably and aggressively antisemitic from the branch roots all the way to the PM, Tony Burke and Penny Wong.
They don’t want this to come out. And now, with Anthony Albanese’s choice of Royal Commissioner, it won’t.
- The PM couldn’t lie in bed straight.
- Any thoughts on what Bell’s views on the Palestinian question might be?
- We inhabit the age of the vindictive politician.
Fans of the incomparable Leslie Nielsen – and who isn’t? – may recall one of his more memorable Naked Gun lines.
This dialogue occurred during a visit by Police Squad to a rather well-endowed girl serving behind the counter in a sex shop.
BUST
Girl: Is this some kind of bust?
Frank Drebin: Well, it’s very impressive, yes, but we need to ask you a few
All this came to mind – well, to my mind – with the announcement by Albo of the (in)famous Royal Commission. And its chair, Virginia Bell.
The obvious question of Albo over his choice: Is this some kind of bust?
To stretch the comparison perhaps beyond its reach, Albo might argue that Bell is “amply” qualified.
Well, he would, wouldn’t he? After all, she was a High Court judge. Appointed by Kevin Rudd. She had been appointed to the NSW Supreme Court by Bob Carr. Openly gay. (Virginia, not Bob).
The LGBT Star Observer is impressed.
The child of a naval captain, Bell has hosted Radio National programs in her day. Yay. Supported women’s prison reform. The big issues.
She is the Leftie appointment from central casting. Long involved in LGBT blah issues. She ticks all the irrelevant boxes. Deep experience, says Albo.
As Wikipedia notes: “She is a lover of theatre, and known for her sense of humour. Under the stage name ‘Ginger de Winter’, she was a barrel-spinner on television game shows and was president of the Australian Barrel Girls Association.”
Ah, the Australian Barrel Girls Association. By the gods, we have lucked out here. Yes, alas, I am going to say it. You couldn’t make this up.
Albo said: “But if you look at what is required by this Royal Commission, there is no one of the stature of Virginia Bell.”
The man couldn’t lie in bed straight. Any thoughts on what Bell’s views on the Palestinian question might be? If it quacks like a duck…
Not content to simply look like an idiot and swallow the unpleasant Bondi sandwich, Albo determined that he would be vindictive.
To the announcement of his Royal Commissioner pick, Sky News stated: “Catastrophically mismanaged: Jewish leaders fume at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Bondi Royal Commissioner pick.
“Jewish community leaders are quietly fuming over PM Albanese’s decision to appoint Virginia Bell to lead the Commonwealth probe into the Bondi terror attack, saying the inquiry is at risk of becoming a ‘Royal Commission-lite’.”
COMPLAIN
Why are Jewish leaders so pissed off? Well, with Bell’s hinterland, there are few reasons to be confident of a good outcome. And people complain about the power of the Jewish lobby. Methinks the Palestinian lobby has scored a bullseye here.
One Jewish leader said: “Appointing someone who is perceived as being very close to the government and sharing their views runs the risk of undermining trust in the Royal Commission …”
He was being polite. Bell will make it seem like a home game for the Lakemba brigade.
Another box ticked for Labor.
The fictional Jim Hacker from Yes, Prime Minister used to say, never set up an inquiry unless you know beforehand what the outcome will be.
But Albo has hit the jackpot. Don’t just get the outcome you want. Stick the middle finger to the pesky voters who don’t like you.
He probably hasn’t forgiven the voters for the nearly two thirds “No” vote. He will never, ever forgive the boos. The public humiliation over Bondi.
He is now simply extending the middle finger from the Australian Jews, so ably demonstrated by his every action, to the whole electorate.
We inhabit the age of the vindictive politician.
DUMBO
As well as having a supremely modest skill set – think basic intelligence, absence of political smarts, dumbo cosplaying, resort to cliched ideology 101, faux cleverness – Albo suffers from the sin of pride.
The worst sin of the lot. He actually thinks he is good. What a combo.
The mandate-challenged, property millionaire Albo is right up there with the worst of entitled public figures, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and the Obama-eulogised Ted Kennedy. (I have just watched Chappaquiddick, and it isn’t pleasant viewing for anyone still remotely favourable to the human condition.)
Entitled isn’t a good look for a politician who endlessly seeks public adulation.
Mr 34 per cent, three-term Albo, is testimony to the fact that you can be simultaneously stupid and malevolent. Dare I say, evil?
He has ticked the Royal Commission box – whatever the arguments, some of which are slim, to be fair, for such – and has done so with unbecoming, maximum cynicism.
Like his defence of his entitled public-teat sucking peripatetic ministers, it suggests that he is all of a piece with the postmodern politician who doesn’t give a rat’s about accountability or decency-in-office.
After witnessing Albo in action, like watching a film about Ted Kennedy, you just feel the overwhelming desire to take a long shower. Just to wash off the scum that attaches to the viewer.
Oh yes, this is some kind of bust.PC
