Sounds bitter, hope she won’t undermine. Shoebridge is… fine and probably a better choice as the public face/chief cat herder.
Whether it should be a member vote is interesting. In theory the membership determines policy and the leader is the person elected by the caucus to help them work together/keep messaging clear.
In practice the leader has a lot of influence on what policies are put forward or pursued. Expertise in politics is useful for determining what is practicable though so…
swings and roundabouts. No firm stance from me.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 day ago
It gave me Ed Husic vibes, which is probably not a good thing in terms of the party’s public image.
eremophila@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It needs to be seen as her own response, nothing to do with the party. It will of course be manipulated into ‘infighting’ etc by the media, as well as by all of the rusties looking for excuses to keep being rusty. Hopefully Mehreen leaves it at that, the greens already have their work cut out for them due to the duopoly, the media, and the voters.