.DanielAndrewsMP should be “in all sorts of trouble” but he gets away with everything because Opposition Leader michaelobrienmp cannot land a blow on him, according to SkyNewsRicho.
Daniel Andrews should be “in all sorts of trouble” but he gets away with everything because Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien cannot land a blow on him, according to Graham Richardson. Mr Richardson said the opposition leader was “hopeless,” and if Andrews contests the next election he’ll easily win.
“This bloke just doesn’t land a blow on him,” he told Sky News host Alan Jones. He said sometimes leaders need to be “punished” and woken up, which is typically the role of the opposition leader. “The way it is at the moment in Victoria, Andrews can do anything basically because O’Brien can’t really draw blood from him. “He hasn’t once wounded him.”
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