Mark Latham's venting of spleen against the Australian Labor Party and in particular Kim Beazley as a "stand for nothing" type of leader is unfortunately true. And, even more unfortunately, the disease of the modern body politic.
It is not just Beazley but the whole notion of modern politics. Discern, the spin doctors seem to suggest,what the electorate wants and pursue that. This is not visionary leadership it is poll-driven paranoia!
While the Coalition, and our beloved PM in particular, are superbly skilled at this "art" the Labor Party is rightly criticised for being too frightened to stand against this. Why Latham should feel he is in a position to call the kettle back, I don't know. A case easily could be made to suggest he was just as timid and unimaginative.
I am actually more drawn at this time in history to the Liberal wets: Petro Georgiou, Bruce Baird, Judi Moylan et al who have stuck by their guns now that they have had enough of the inhumanity of the immigration policy of this hard-hearted government. The Labor Party, under both Latham and Beazley, were ever too afeared of public opinion to risk distinguishing themselves by saying enough is enough. I must admit that Beazley has disappointed me in this regard, I thought he was more visionary. But he looks more and more insipid..
Is it the end of the Labor Party? I fear so, unless someone can be found (and it will not be one of the roosters) who can bring back some sense of the visionary.
Whether you are a Coalition supporter or not, we should all be alarmed in our two party democracy when we look like becoming a one party parliament.
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