Another reason the Liberals are going to lose is the ballot paper for the Upper House. To vote above the line, and no doubt below although I didn’t look, the fold-out ballot paper has the liberals on the far right, and the way it was handed to me, you have to open it up even to see where the libs actually are. On the other hand, you get to the Liberal Democrats on the first page.

The worry is that the Liberals here, and possibly everywhere, are infected by people who could just as easily fit into the Labor Party. I only wish the reverse were true as in earlier days it was.

Anyway, we have done our civic duty and are now off to Carlton to drown our sorrows. My only wish is there had actually been a campaign, because if there was one, it never crossed my path.