We’ve progressed from the era of disposable political leaders to a new era of relatively indispensable ones.
” as it churned through prime ministers faster than a car crash. Five prime ministers in five years was dizzying. And dismal.
He concluded: “I firmly believe that our party is better than this, that our government is better than this and, by God, that our country is so much better than this.” There is a bigger explanation for the change. It has three parts, as Rod Tiffen sets out, and each applies to both the Labor government and the Liberal opposition.
Third is leadership style. “There were personality factors – Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott were not at all consultative and they rubbed their colleagues up the wrong way,” says Tiffen, and that’s an understatement.
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