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With three or four ambitious Labor MPs circling their leader, the predictable Labor ‘leadership woes’ have once again been triggered by a flurry of newspaper columnists trying to take the spotlight off the fact that the Blue Mountains haven’t received one cent in bushfire aid and Morrison has lost control of his back bench of underachieving conspiracists.
Tanya Plibersek has apparently been given the nod to take over by Alan Jones and Ray Hadley, a kool-aid she looks excited to drink, even knowing that both commentators will turn on her like they did to the Wicked Witch JuLIAR.
Joel Fitzgibbon has made good his threat of stepping down from the shadow cabinet after a protracted internal dispute over climate policy, declaring he regrets not running for the party leadership in 2019.
Aannd apparently Bill Shorten wants another crack, one would deduce from his weekly appearances on the Today Show.
With their own officials and MPs willing to buy into the Murdoch narratives about their own issues, it’s obvious the party’s self-esteem couldn’t be lower since the 2019 election.
While Morrison continues to destroy himself one poorly timed family holiday and pork-barrelled grant at a time, the only thing that the inner-city Labor machine seems confident on is that Albanese is not the one.
“We need to get rid of Albo” says a 29-year-old mid-level Labor official, whose name is probably Evan or Jeremy.
“He’s just not connecting with the voters”
Gone are the days of important conversations like this one happening in the wharfie pubs of Balmain or Wynnum – it’s now happening in a bed and breakfast in Bangalow, during a team bonding retreat for the Federal Labor media gurus.
“We need one of us there. A real person” says this young Labor prodigy and son of two heavily politicised public servants who both work in outdated but secure roles within wildly bureaucratic state government departments, as he fishes out a pebble from his $2000 loafers.
Given this potential coup is being formulated deep within the ‘not rich enough to vote greens’ inner city Labor echo chamber, this dissident is not met with any pushback.
His colleague, Arabella, the daughter of two prominent working class West End-based art critic, agrees.
“You are so right, comrade” she says.
“Albo is out of touch”
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