Tag: australian politics
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Pyne’s Folly
When Alaska was purchased, it was almost universally condemned as Seward’s folly. Funnily enough the action strengthened both Canada and the United States of America whilst weakening Russia and England. But the same cannot be said of Christopher Pyne‘s folly. To recap, to encourage the Senate to pass the latest version of his contentious university funding…
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The Government of Gobbledygook
After the week in politics, I realised how much I miss Yes Minister (and Yes Prime Minister too!). I especially miss Sir Humphrey Appleby. Ostensibly Appleby often spoke in riddles,paradoxes and contradictions. His self articulation was comprised of and constituted obfuscation and circumlocution both written and verbal. Yet given the fullness of time, as he would say, it…