I wouldn’t say it’s against my will. I willingly read it, but it’s more out of morbid curiosity. The more you look, the more you realise it’s not just stupidity; it’s fundamental, generational, institutionalised stupidity that was there pretty much from the start. It’s fascinating in a multi-car pile-up kind of way.

Australian politics is so dull in comparison, which is much more preferable to actually live with.