This graph from Roy Morgan I think shows an essential truth about Australian politics. People hate their…

This graph from Roy Morgan I think shows an essential truth about Australian politics. People hate their governments in good times, and love them in a crisis. Look at 2008 (GFC) and early-mid 2020 (national lockdown). A few implications…/1 https://t.co/EfAnbgHngU

Look at that astronomical support for national lockdown. Talk about squeaky wheels getting the grease; the endless, tedious anti-lockdown freedom narratives are clearly a small, loud minority of Australians. By extension, those who chose to let Covid rip before Christmas…/2

…may have committed the most spectacular act of political suicide in Australian history. To deliberately inflict a crisis on the community, mass infection - it’s hard to not feel this coming election will be savage. And the Premiers on National Cabinet who…/3

…backed the let it rip, their electoral apocalypse may be just a short way further down the road. My gut says this was the most ridiculous and disgusting miscalculation of the Australian political psyche in its entire history. Time will tell. /end