Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting?
Ilandar@lemm.ee 1 week agoAs I said previously:
Sussan Ley (whose positioning seems debatable).
You realise this is the same person who denied that the Liberal Party has a problem with women voters, and defended their recent campaign with the genius line of “women drive cars too”? She will be knifed well before the party makes any significant shift back to the centre. You are clutching at straws if you think Sussan Ley as leader is evidence of some progressive shift in Australia.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Your comments are contrary to most other commentary.
Karvellas asserted the inverse just this morning: Ley represents a significant shift to the centre.
You’re right in that she will probably get knifed in the coming months. “See, we tried centrism and it didn’t work”.
However, even the liberals recognising that there’s a need to demonstrate that they tried centrism is significant.
I’m happy to acknowledge that your opinion is unchanged. For my own part I think everything that has transpired over the last week demonstrates a change of trajectory.
Ilandar@lemm.ee 1 week ago
The vote was only 29 to 25 in favour of Ley, and 2 of her biggest supporters are senators who are about to finish up. It could potentially be as easy as switching a couple of votes to flip the balance of power inside the party room. Not to mention Price didn’t even run for deputy, which suggests she is waiting for a better opportunity after a conservative wins the leadership. It’s just denying reality to pretend that this is evidence of them accepting a shift to the centre, they are still a massively divided party.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
That’s pretty much what I said.
That’s the opposite of what Karvellas said.