As of 5pm tomorrow afternoon, Victoria’s longest-serving Labor Premier, Daniel Andrews, will be gone. He has announced his intention to resign on Wednesday and says that ‘his legacy is for others to judge’.
And judge they will. Harshly.
The Victorian state has been left in extraordinary debt, saddled with an international reputation for tyranny, cruelty, corruption, and secretive deals with communist powers – all of which have led to Victoria’s nickname ‘Danistan’.
Labor’s long reign under the guidance of Daniel Andrews has been a dark time for Victorians who were promised a progressive Utopia
‘When it is time, it is time,’ said Daniel Andrews at a press conference.
‘Recently, in talking to my kids and Cath, thoughts of what life will be like after this job has started to creep in.
‘I have always known that the moment that happens, it is time to go and give this privilege, this amazing responsibility, to someone else.’
Pity the poor individual left to clean up the mess.
‘The very best part of this job is meeting and listening to thousands and thousands of people from every walk of life, from every part of our state, from every background on every point of view. I will be forever grateful for the honour of leading this very special place.’
It’s a far cry from his divisive and cruel speeches made during the Covid era when the government promised to divide, punish, and permanently ‘lock out’ from the economy those who did not comply with vaccination orders. Perhaps Labor would rather we forget the image of a pregnant woman being handcuffed in front of her children for liking a Facebook post? Or the thousands of Victorian businesses that have been left as empty shopfronts in decimated streets.
Daniel Andrews mentions his ‘landmark housing agreement’ as the last big reform of his leadership.
Labor will be looking to the future, trying to find a leader who can act as a metaphoric broom to sweep the decks clean.
As the Victorian Premier turns his back for a final time, the Spectator Australia says, ‘Good riddance!’
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