My gosh these are delicate times Down Under. Not for Australians the vigorous thrust and parry of political debate with its sometimes brutal metaphors and biting remarks. Those were the days of Churchill and even Keating and now ils n’existent plus. Today we have to cater to the sensibilities of the delicate wallflower or the managers of big banks might opt to virtue-signal with their shareholders’ money and pull ads, quickly to be seconded by the faceless managers of radio stations with nods of approval from the Liberal Prime Minister.
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