Sunday 27 March 2016

Ex Lieberal PM Hewson questions Turnbull's election "masterstroke"

Strangely the main stream media has been falling over itself to praise PM Turnbull for his so called masterstroke in calling an election. It's left me scratching my head, as to me it was simply Turnbull trying to get re-elected before his polling went further south. Pressing the panic button so to speak.

 Ex PM Hewson also joins the likes of me who seriously doubt the PM's strategy here. Turnbull has a lot on his plate, and the old Howard clearing of the decks hasn't materialised with Turnbull. He has the complete shambles of the marriage equality plebiscite that nobody wants, the budget that all seems to hard prescently but is being bought forward a week for the election, and Abbott who simply refuses to lie down and die a political death.



 On top of all this is the latest in the Lieberals conga line of corruption, with Arthur Sinodinos now in all sorts of hot water over corruption allegations. Incredibly, it appears that large Lieberal donors were approached to buy the man a house FFS. What was that about evil union corruption again?

Hewson is now saying that far from a masterstroke, Turnbull is engaging in a very risky strategy. Is it brave or stupid? We shall see.....

 It could blow up in his face. Like I suspect Sinodinos is about to.
"In the interim he has got to deal with issues like (Arthur) Sinodinos, (Tony) Abbott, backbench issues and a budget that has been neutered as a pre-election budget rather than a reform budget," Dr Hewson told Sky News on Sunday. 

He compared it to when former Labor Leader Julia Gillard announced the date of the election almost a year in advance, elevating the opposition in terms of media coverage. 

One headache for the prime minister is the ever presence of Mr Abbott. 

The former prime minister quickly made his mark when Mr Turnbull announced the July 2 poll, saying the government would be campaigning on policies that were introduced under his leadership. 

Reports suggest that Mr Abbott will be electioneering in marginal seats on his own tour in the absence of being given a proper campaign role. 

Dr Hewson believes that could be a mistake. 

"He won't go away, so I think you give him a role. Define the role very carefully and encourage him to be judged by his performance," Dr Hewson told Sky News.  ninemsn



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