Morrison’s problem is that after a political term dominated by a pandemic and bookended by climate catastrophes, the status quo feels as scary as any unknown future
Instead, the PM is left perched at the bar of the political rogue’s last-chance hotel ranting at a rapidly emptying room: I know you don’t like me but look at the other guy!
It’s worth noting the original “better the devil you know” is only half of a longer adage that hails all the way back to the 13th century and another Scot, Edward Bruce . It speaks to an enduring political truth: that change is not our preferred state. The status quo needs to be really bad for us to take the plunge – which is why Morrison is campaigning against the unknown and doing all he can to make that scary.
There is the economy fear campaign: one of parliament’s longest-serving MPs is way too inexperienced to be trusted with the national accounts. There is the China fear campaign:. There are reheated scare campaigns from elections past: that Labor is soft on boats; that Labor will kill the coal industry; that a vote for Labor is a vote for the Greens. There is even a niche scare imported from MAGA land: that women’s support will be overrun by transgender competitors.
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