The editorial from the Crikey email today. Just coz I kind of liked this one.
Had Kevin Rudd not had the good fortune to make an advantageous marriage, then we can probably assume that the considerable wealth of his would-be nemesis Malcolm Turnbull could be more of an issue in public discussion than it is.
As things stand, [...]
Tag Archives: Turnbull
Calling the samovar Michael Kroger
October 30, 2008 – 6:29 pm
Turnbull puts life into Dennis Shanahan
September 22, 2008 – 10:21 am
The Australian and its splendidly tonsorial political editor Dennis Shanahan are almost back to the sort of peak form that made the combination a byword for polling-based fantasy through the long months of mid 2007. Todays’ P1 banner “Turnbull puts life into the Libs” is a cracker, based on polling that shows an 8% pump [...]
Just another day in the politics of politics
September 17, 2008 – 1:55 pm
Good lord what can they mean? It’s been one of those weeks in which the politics of politics resolutely becomes the story. But here, with this little effort, The Australian has gone to the head of the class. What they mean, of course, is that Malcolm Turnbull has reclaimed the natural ascendency that conservatives have when it [...]
Brendan gets warm and wet
September 15, 2008 – 9:00 pm
Amazing how you warm to these people in their death throes. Apparently Nelson spoke brilliantly this evening. Full of passion. Feelings at full unimpeded flow. Who knew! This is a gutsy move. His best move. A crap hand played with bold decisiveness. For once. Once Costello declared it looked like Turnbull’s for the picking. But [...]
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