On again, off again
Even if the Coalition reunifies, who will believe it has truly settled its differences and can hold together for the long haul?
Maybe Barnaby Joyce had a point last week when he compared the on-again, off-again federal Coalition to the serial marriages and divorces of movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
“They loved each other so much they got married three times,’’ the newly-minted One Nation MP told Capital Brief.
As the parties discuss yet another reconciliation after Nationals leader David Littleproud broke the Coalition last month, it is tempting to wonder how long any reunion can last.
The two parties are being pulled apart politically. The Liberals are under attack from the left by the teals in the cities, while the Nationals are under pressure on the right from One Nation. The wider the former partners are stretched across the political spectrum, the harder it becomes to maintain unity.
