HAVING triumphantly knifed two Labor prime ministers so far, Bill Shorten appears to have mistimed his latest attempt to knock off a third ALP leader.
Seemingly convinced his Party would lose last weekend’s Eden-Monaro by-election, Shorten struck early by releasing his own “vision” for Australia – presumably believing struggling ALP leader Anthony Albanese would be mortally wounded on Saturday.
Labor didn’t lose, Albanese wasn’t wounded – but, by the time the lights figuratively flicked on, Shorten was caught holding a raised knife without a back to “hide” it in.
PRETEND
Vision statements are usually reserved for leaders – and not for junior shadow ministers holding pretend portfolios (Shadow Minister for NDIS?).
With a straight face, Shorten had declared a new vision was needed to deliver for “forgotten Australians” – somehow forgetting his preference for Labor’s Paddington luvvies over the real Australians he abandoned as ALP leader.
It was only last year’s general election when Shorten threatened to ban 50 per cent of family sedans, close down mining jobs and remake Australia in the image of inner city hippies.
At the time, Shorten and his luvvies were rapturous as the “unlosable” election approached. They even organised travelling demonstrations – venturing outside their safe city spaces to protest against regional mining towns.
This was a mistake. The luvvies were told “what for” by baying crowds of forgotten Aussies.
Hilariously, many “city” demonstrators were refused service by their regional cousins – they couldn’t even buy a drink, apparently – and were quickly dispatched back to their pastel semis, humiliated and thirsty.
The result? Shorten’s expected 80+ seat election winning haul turned into an embarrassing loss. More so the next day when he had to publicly unpack the furniture removal trucks he’d prematurely filled for his expected relocation to the PM’s Lodge.
FACELESS
But he’s now a changed man … and wants every faceless man in the ALP caucus to know it.
He wants a fairer society, a bigger public sector and lots more manufacturing jobs that he can tax to help fund it.
Mr Shorten called for the immediate approval of “every worthy infrastructure project in the nation” and an expanded public service to make up for private sector unemployment. “Worthy” being the trick word – especially if the luvvies get to decide.
DEATH
“This government’s blinkered belief, in the face of all available evidence, that the free market magically solves all, that those left behind are undeserving, is anathema to the growing ranks of the forgotten Australians who have done the right thing …,” he wrote in The Tocsin magazine, to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of the Labor wartime prime minister John Curtin.
“We can continue down the path of global laissez faire economics, hyper-individualism and polarisation of wealth. Or we can heed the lessons gleaned from COVID-19 and seize the moment to do things differently.”
Same Bill, same MO, same knife.PC
Bill Shorten is an opportunist who stands for nothing only what he thinks is popular sentiment of the electing public. He has avaricious political ambition and will stop at nothing to be PM.
“Shorten struck early by releasing his own “vision” for Australia […]”
The irony is heavy: a wilfully blind man who speaks of “vision”.
Bill is like any other socialist; he wouldn’t know what vision was if it bit him on the arse.
Bill would have done so much damage to this great country had he been elected. Just keep showing us your true colours Bill and other socialists in politics so that the quiet Australians can learn what you really believe and vote you out of public office.