In the immediate aftermath of the last Federal Election, I wrote an article saying Labor needed to temper its hard-left predilections and that, for at least the next two election cycles, the ALP needed to preference the Greens last to ensure its own political survival.
Labor's 'friends-with-benefits' style bond with the Greens is now an unhappy marriage where Labor can't afford the divorce
They use words like inclusion, reconciliation and equality as the cute sparkly billboard for division, retribution and “let’s eat the rich”. We have continued to see the Greens’ entitled absolutism and lack of political pragmatism: it takes place in a fairyland where they have the luxury of promising the world, without ever having to consider the real-world consequences of their impetuous demands.
Equally, as Labor continues to out-left the Greens, its traditionally working-class voters feel abandoned and have increasingly looked to the Liberal Party or other right-wing minor parties to be heard. Not only because of the left’s numbers but also an apparent weakening in the right over the Israel/Gaza issue.
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