March of the Turnbull Robots

Malcolm Turnbull must be defeated, that much is clear. As Prime Minister and the parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party he ostensibly resides in the tradition of Liberal leaders that goes back to Sir Robert Menzies, who first forged the alliance of liberal and conservative forces that became the Liberal Party and oversaw the development of Australia as a vibrant antipodean outpost of Western Civilization. That great achievement is now gravely threatened.

It is threatened because Turnbull has no real commitment to it. As Paul Kelly points out in a comprehensive analysis: “Turnbull presents conservative politics with a historic challenge and dilemma … he is the first genuinely progressive Liberal PM since World War II without roots in conservative culture.”

Instead, Turnbull serves as the front man of powerful progressivist forces that are committed not only to the eradication of conservatism but to the overthrow of the fundamental institutions and values that underpin the…