While AlboMP has “exploited” the Morrison government, Labor’s “fundamental” problems remain as the party is torn between appeasing its “old working-class instincts” and its new “green-left mantras,” says Sky News host Peta Credlin. Credlin
While Anthony Albanese has “exploited” the Morrison government, Labor’s “fundamental” problems remain as the party is torn between appeasing its “old working-class instincts” and its new “green-left mantras,” says Sky News host Peta Credlin. Ms Credlin said for all the “messiness” the Morrison government has experienced over the last few months, “it would be a mistake to conclude that the government is in deep trouble”.
It comes off the back of the recent Newspoll analysis which saw the Labor Party’s support rise on a two-party preferred basis by one point to 52 while the Coalition fell by one to 48, meaning the two parties have swapped positions since the December poll. “Labor is torn between old working-class instincts for more jobs and higher wages; and its new green-left mantras,” she said. Labor is still entrenched by “all the failed policies, the big taxes, the massive government spending".
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