Division but no Joy or vision from Ley’s Liberals

Prime minister wearing A. Joy Department Executive editor Michelle Pini writes that the T-shirt is the new topic that will spark outrage, if anyone is curious.

WE ARE LIVING IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

A convicted criminal has control of nuclear laws.

There is currently 123.2 million Displaced people around the world. There is in Australia relocated Only 180,073 people sought asylum ten years.

number homeless It reached a total of 300 million people worldwide, including 122,000 Here in Australia I barely sleep.

As a collective human race, we deliberately destroy entire populations through genocide, as in Gaza today. We also destroy wildlife and plant species in proportions We are tearing the Earth apart and burning it with our exemplary efforts in a way unprecedented in human history. speeding up effects of climate change.

We haven’t even touched on the dire predictions for global food and water famine or the consequences of AI dominance here.

These are perhaps some of the pressing problems for which we need to collaborate to find solutions.

So what is the most pressing issue that the Australian Opposition Party and its media cheer squad are focusing on?

Well, the Prime Minister’s “issue” wearing A. Joy Department The t-shirt he wore when he got off the plane five days ago. Certainly!

Unfortunately, this is not a satire.

By the way To the Leader of the Opposition Susan LeyThe Prime Minister’s choice of clothing represented something.

“…profound failure in judgment.”

Oh, and:

“…[the T-shirt] It is an insult to everyone and fails the basic tests of leadership. [The PM] “He should apologize immediately and explain why he thinks this is acceptable.”

Unfortunately, it didn’t end there.

Yesterday Ley chose the Parliament chamber to deliver a full speech (and also issued a statement). transcript) about the subject on which he expressed his opinion:

Australians expect their Prime Minister to show judgment, respect and leadership. We are faced with the exact opposite situation…

…The Prime Minister proudly stepped off the plane wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of the anti-Semitic band Joy Division.

There was more but you get the gist.

Interestingly, given the level of importance attached to the t-shirt in question, we can only guess why it took Ley a full five days to bring this up.

Could this be because Ley is like his predecessor? Peter DuttonIs there no alternative policy platform to discuss? Is it this complete void where contemplation and strategy should be (or is it Joy Divisionville) that accounts for Ley repeatedly abusing his privileged parliamentary platform to seize on extraneous issues like T-shirt Gate?

Far from being considered, this non-issue has now rocketed to the top of the national agenda with the help of Club Media’s ever-eager cheering squad.

It was probably pure coincidence that Ley’s speech followed a deep dive into T-shirt choices and musical preferences by Sky News, one of the leading journalistic voices of our time, just the day before. Sharri MarksonJoy completed her Divisionville investigation by also getting angry at Albo’s rock band/t-shirt choices.

Markson for the benefit of Sky viewers explained he revealed the origin of the band’s name by speaking very slowly, pausing frequently and avoiding big words; undoubtedly supporting the standards set at News Corp’s editorial meetings:

“Now the group [pause]Joy Department [pause] It took its name from a wing [pause] Nazi concentration [four syllables!] camp [pause] Where women are sex slaves… [extra-long pause for effect after use of the word sex].“

Yes, the party led (for now) by Ley and supported by Markson is still in the throes of a civil war over climate change, energy policy, immigration, allowing women into the party, and probably everything else they once agreed on.

And yes, the Liberals remain politically forgotten around Australia at both federal and state levels (with the unexplained exception of three state/territory such as Tassie, NT and QLD).

But to the forces beating the drums of coal-fueled, electric war on the culture, 1970s post-punk band Joy Division, which used Holocaust imagery to evoke darkness and despair and to shock and provoke reaction, is “antisemitic,” as post-punk bands tend to do, and any reference to it will only cause trauma.

So was there at least some consensus on this issue among Liberal Party MPs? No.

Forget the vision, there is no doubt that the Coalition is completely devoid of ideas and is currently focused solely on its own internal squabbles until further notice. There is also so much wrong with our established media and the details it chooses to highlight while also ignoring anything that is important. This unfortunate situation is well documented. IA..

But the idiotic depths to which the Federal Opposition and its Murdoch-led fan club have dragged political discourse continue to shock this publication more than Joy Division could ever achieve.

Given the logic detailed above, we would no doubt expect Ley to come forward. Midnight Oil T-shirt coming soon. After all, this Australian band sang about mining and so the Coalition needs to accept the anti-Net Zero, non-renewables-based, gas-based recovery “policy”.

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