As you know, politics is now part of the entertainment industry. As a result, journalists and the commentariat demand a regular change of cast, characters and plot and if they don’t get it, they just make it up. This is why, having had the equivalent of a decent interval and an ice cream, they have recently come back into the theatre for the second act but found it a bit dull, so they decide they are bored with poor old Anthony Albanese and start the rumour mills of ALP leadership rolling again.