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#RachelWithers expressed my sentiments and frustration with many TV hosts in her article:
"... 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson opening by asking the Liberal leader to “categorically rule out” forming government with One Nation, based on his recent criticism. In classic politician speak, Taylor said there was “no plan” to do so, arguing the Coalition wanted to govern in its own right. Ferguson spent three minutes and four questions trying to pin him down, becoming increasingly explicit in her “rule out” framing, noting this is what she was “looking for”.
“There is a slight difference between ‘There is no plan’ and ‘I, Angus Taylor as the leader of the Liberal Party, am ruling out forming government with One Nation’,” Ferguson finished, to which Taylor responded there was “no plan”. In total, I counted six “no plan” responses and one “I’m ruling it out” from the Liberal leader, though that didn’t stop the ABC running the headline “Angus Taylor rules out One Nation coalition once and for all”.
The semantics were tiresome, not least because we are no closer to knowing what the Liberals would do in the event of a hung parliament (Ferguson’s questions improved after this, for the record, grilling Taylor on his criticism of care economy wage rises). Did we gain anything of value, other than a “gotcha”, if a Taylor-led party somehow wins enough seats to contemplate governing with One Nation, which it’d likely choose over most crossbench options?
The question itself needs to be “ruled out” for our increasingly fractured electorate, in which it is becoming less likely that any one party will win a majority of seats. It’s an ask regularly made of Labor about the Greens, with Anthony Albanese all too eager to rule that one out — nevermind that, if Labor’s “wide but shallow” majority gets any shallower, he might soon find himself having to work with minor parties or independents to form government."
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Oh, fuck, it's #auspol #antinetzero #ABC730report tonight with #cosplay coal #Canavan and #lockthegate anti transmission line farming fuckwits.