The signals are mounting that “Creepy Pete” Dutton is making his leadership run.
In the past few weeks we’ve seen a few very peculiar shifts in the immigration narrative around the minister. First we’ve had the very high profile statements around white and black Africans. I really have no idea what they signal about the man but they most certainly stack up as dog whistling to the conservative splinter movements, most notable One Nation, that are destroying Coalition re-election prospects. Re-uniting this breakaway group with the Coalition vote is essential if the party is to win future elections.
Moreover, Creepy’s maneuvering around the migration intake last week was even more strange. Creepy clearly set up his PM for public humiliation over the issue of cuts to the migrant intake. This continued over the weekend at The Australian:
