Such tedious, tiresome drivel from The Oz, this time from Janet Albrechtson. She has never been much of an analyst, but at least she used to be on the same side on most things and so I would more often than not get through a column she wrote. But now that she has taken the Murdoch shilling and enlisted in one of the anti-Abbott regiments, I only read as far as I need to so as to work out the lay of the land, and then go to the comments, most of which see things the same way as me. I would have fallen into line more or less immediately after the transition if there had actually been a line. But he is not called Lord Waffle for nothing. I am in sympathy with the comments below, not quite in sequence but these are ten out of the first twelve that came up.

I) I bet Albrechtson, Devine, Savva, PVO, Kroger, Reith, and so have all been Wined and Dined by Malcom. Ross Cameron was and he was so impressed Malcom gave him a Book when he left for home.

II) Janet is right about Abbott. But what policies are we getting from Malcolm? Sweet nothing. And then today, we hear of his masterstroke: the states will add to our taxation burdens! Hallelujah! Problems solved. More government bureaucracy, more government controls, more taxes to pay for more bureaucrats. And not one word about reducing spending, which Scott Morrison told us is Australia’s major problem. First, Malcolm floats the lead balloons of increased GST, then increased capital gains tax, then the shafting of negative gearing, then theft of our superannuation…and having failed with all of those, now we get state taxes! Malcolm doesn’t have a clue what to do, so he shoves the problem onto the states! He is blundering from one mess to another. It’s time for the Liberals to jettison their Labor-ite PM and get someone who can deliver on their conservative promises and principles.

III) So there’s not enough money. But we won’t cut spending. We’ll just rearrange the deck chairs. And if you don’t look carefully you won’t realise that a swifty’s been pulled and we’re all going down.

Good one Mal.

IV) Much as I detest Malcolm Turnbull, making the States more autonomous is a good idea. But it might take a bit more preparation than todays anouncement.

V) Finally Malcolm has united Australia. From the left and from the conservative side there’s at last consensus about the PM. His latest Tax plan is a dud. Universally hated. Good one Malcolm. Losing the next election is getting closer. Bring out the Utes. Buy up nappies. Get Malcolm a hanky.

VI) Does free speech still exist in Australia?

Is Australia still a democracy?

Tony is an elected member of parliament and represents his constituents he, I and everyone else can speak on whatever suits them!

Why are you going down this path Janet, has your partner Michael Kroger enlisted you in the peril exercise of gagging free speech in this country, why does this not extend to Howard, Reith, Costello et al!

For years Turnbull and his shadow Lucy Macbeth have undermined Abbott and now you appear to have joined their social engineering experiment along with the rest of our pathetic and lazy journalists/commentators in this country.

VII) The comments below reflect conservatives’ frustration at having the party usurped by a weak wet waffler. Who wants to reward bad behaviour? Not I. Minority parties are looking good.

VIII) “wants it known that just because we don’t know his economic plan, that doesn’t mean there isn’t one” Exactly, just because Tony didn’t know to watch his back didn’t mean Turnbull wasn’t there all ready to ……… ? He did have a devious plan after all, Tony found out too late.

IX) Somehow this Prime Minister reminds me of Julia Gillard: not up to the job. Both of them have high personal ambition but no ability to match it.

X) Perhaps tomorrow Janet can explain this latest fiasco announced today by Malcolm Turnbull which in one stroke has lost the election for the Coalition.

Poor Scott Morrison.

The Libs are evens to lose, and what a shipwreck that would be. They may be setting up a line of excuses, but having created the instability in the first place, no one around here will blame anyone but Malcolm himself.