Scott Morrison might as well go back to Hawaii to resume his truncated secret holiday. They obviously don’t deserve him in Australia.
He did his very best – he came home early (well, a bit early) to assuage the anxieties, apparent only to himself, of desperate bushfire victims who could only gain solace in the comforting gaze of their prime minister,
But when he arrived at the scenes of death and destruction in the NSW village of Cobargo, many of those whom he sought to comfort were decidedly unimpressed. Some snubbed him, some criticised, some heckled and jeered.
They were, it seemed, fed up with his stance of pious negligence – they wanted more than thoughts and prayers, assurances that it had all happened before and would happen again, be patient, we will cope, business as usual. But Morrison shrugged it off, and promised to take absolutely no notice of them. And, proving his point, he returned to his harbourside mansion at Kirribilli House.
Obviously those carpers and whingers are deluded – they are under stress, they are tired n emotional. We must forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Morrison said he understood peoples anger but was happy to ignore what he regarded as a distraction and to watch the New Year’s fireworks and party with the cricketers. – effectively resuming his holiday, albeit without the benefit of duty free shopping.
And he was not out of touch – the state premiers were on the ground and on the job, and after all fires are a state responsibility. And he still had words of hope for the exhausted victims and their rescuers – just relax and watch our heroic cricketers on television in the Sydney test.
Well, yes. if your house has not yet burned down or is about to, and you have nothing more urgent to do. Put your feet up, sink a few coldies. Can our marketeering buffoon actually be serious? He might be, but increasingly the rest of us find him absurd.
Which is why the singer Tex Perkins flipped him the bird on New Years Eve. This, of course, was regarded as unforgiveable, at least in the pages of The Australian, which in the past has seen former (Labor) leaders treated far more aggressively by its right wing allies.
Now, suddenly, it became a matter of respecting the position, even if you don’t much like ScoMo as a man, which of course you should – after all, he won an election, which by definition makes him both lovable and loved.
But, regrettably, the criticism was not limited to the deplorable Perkins or the over-excited warriors at the fire front. Morrison’s own NSW Young Liberals, more often found on the extreme right than the sensible centre, sent out a call for more action – any action – on climate change; the dithering had to stop.
And perhaps even worse, Prince William, in direct line to become our own head of state, said essentially the same thing. For the monarchist Morrison, this must be a cruel blow, although he probably already had doubts about the immediate heir, Prince Charles, who was already seen as something of a greenie fifth columnist.
He could and did pretend that the growing dissension was not happening. But it would be harder to dismiss than his patronising and bullying put downs of Greta Thunberg. Perhaps retreating to Hawaii may not be such a bad idea.
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9 responses to “MUNGO MACCALLUM.- Fed up with pious negligence.”
His performance on Monday arvo, after a marathon Cabinet meeting was that of a man so rattled, so out of his depth and bereft of ideas that all he could promise was money, money, money.
Having soiled the ADF initiative previously – “they are not trained fire fighters and the firies already have all the equipment they need” Quoth the Raving.
So eager to gather kudos for their too late deployment, he was more so intent on announcing it on radio and via that execrable finger snapping ad. that he couldn’t be bothered telling the Fire Commissioner or the state Premiers.
Bet NewsCorpse got the early drop though.
Is it not ironic that Morrison is the member for Cook, and set aside millions of taxpayers dollars for another useless statue and memorial to the great man.
Cook was killed in Hawaii and Hawaii may well spell the political death of Mr Morrisson.
The coalalition is completely flummoxed. You can’t put the fires out with bullshit.
What is interesting is the apparent incompetence of his (and coalition Ministerial) staff generally. Attempting to hide his holiday destination, failing to advise State Fire Fighting Co-ordinators and Controllers about allocations of reservists, neglecting to advise local members (of his own party) of his photo opportunity visits and the issuing of ‘government advertisements’ authorised as party documents, with links to party coffers. One can only assume the staffers are being groomed as future Coalition elected political whizkids
Oh good, Morrison is unpopular. Perhaps (we can only hope) he’ll lose every poll till the next election, which as we all know means he’ll absolutely lose the election and not be able to fuck the county over any more. The native good sense of the Australian people can’t be denied for more than twelve, or possibly fifteen, years at a time. Eighteen at the most.
Great to have Mungo’s columns back again,
ScottyFromMarketing must not be allowed to get away with what he and those he supports and who enable him are doing to Australia. The MSM need to start reflecting the mood of most Australians. They must keep a spotlight on him and truthfully report to the nation about the treason we are being subjected to.
Saint Scott (calling in troops, the instant Colvin Commission) is fighting for his soul with Malevolent Morrison (blaming parks and arsonists, that crass video).
Whoever wins, there won’t be any real changes on climate policy. Nor on the steep environmental stresses of pro forma Jobs And Growth.
Perhaps he could take his furlough there, cos can’t see him outlasting the summer. Even Auntie is telling Peter to have another go.