The entire evening was filled with politics yesterday and the chafing this morning is quite painful and I learned a lot.
Christian Kerr, the national affairs editor for Crikey, was promoting his book “in conversation with” Antony Green, the thinking woman’s crumpet — a combination too good to miss! We went for dinner afterwards.
I didn’t realise I’ve actually met Christian before, until he saw me. “I know you,” he said. “You were the first person to play me I Like It Both Ways with Shaun Micaleff at 5UV.” I have no recollection of this event, Your Honour. However Christian recalled sufficient details for me to be convinced the event probably did happen. Somewhere. He knew certain obscure hand gestures. Stop asking questions.
In a preview of the federal election and subsequent conversation I learned:
- Christian thinks that the election won’t be fought over industrial relations, as many pundits are saying, but over the economy. It’ll be about the Howard government’s “sound economic management” (as they describe it) versus the It’s Time factor.
- Unless something changes, it will be a Labor victory. For all the talk of “the polls are all over the place,” Antony Green says this is the most consistent series of polls he’s ever seen.
- There is a Big Yabby in Alexander Downer‘s electorate, at Goolwa, which is symbolic somehow.
- Malcolm Turnbull could still win the federal seat of Wentworth thanks to his Fabulousness Factor.
- No-one seems to understand why John Howard won’t support gay-related issues. And I’ve just finished reading his biography — nothing there gives a clue either.
- Mattresses.
- Iguanadons.
Now where’s that moisturiser…?
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…and everyone is still wondering what caused Christian and Antony to spout, in a wonderful display of synchronicity, “Let’s not go there!” when referring to some politician’s private life…
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@Jon Yes, that was remarkable — especially since Christian and Anthony have never worked together before. I guess this is a matter of private lives remaining private? At least until an expected-to-be-grubby election campaign begins…
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“…and everyone is still wondering what caused Christian and Antony to spout, in a wonderful display of synchronicity, “Let’s not go there!” when referring to some politician’s private life…”
It’s a matter of national security.
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@Snarky Platypus: I didn’t realise that matters of national security elicited schoolboy giggles!
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Well national security is not always entirely serious…
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‘I didn’t realise that matters of national security elicited schoolboy giggles!’
Except when the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are discussed — their name is invariably abbreviated to ‘MILF’…
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