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Costello and Nelson gone
« Thread Started on Oct 20, 2009, 9:57pm »

"I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's todaaaaay, yeah"
(So sang the great Lennon and McCartney, in 1965.)

Sadness? Hardly. Costello and Nelson had their great moments in the political limelight and have now officially left the Parliament, as of today.

Who is left of the "old crew", the reactionary, feeble, despicable people who ruled the nation as I aged from 27 to 39?

Turnbull--a late comer; moderate; not respected by party or electorate.
Abbott--not widely liked (although I personally don't mind him), but gifted.
Julie Bishop--despised and useless. Sooner gone, the better.
Hockey--widely experienced and liked, but soft. Young enough to "do a Howard" and reinvent himself.
Warren Truss--noone knows or cares a thing about him.
Minchin--noone cares.
Macfarlane--noone cares.

Bear in mind that these are all front-bench Liberals--the Shadow Cabinet-- contending (in their own unique way) for government at the next election.

Some have hit the back-benches. Kevin Andrews and Bronwyn Bishop stand out as a reprobates.

So many main players have left or been booted: Howard, Downer (fuck, I hated him!), Costello, Fisher, Anderson, Vanstone, Reith (see comment for Downer), Nelson, Vaile, Fahey, Wooldridge, Hill...and other less culpable ministers.

Like or dislike them, they represented a wealth of governmental experience. Some were not particularly old when they pulled the pin.

I can't see this current lot sitting on the Speaker's right within seven years (that is, two more election wins to Labor, at least).

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