Prime Minister Scott Morrison was moved to tears yesterday as he waded through the bottomless pit of smut formerly know as the Liberal Party. If you want to read the gushing of fake contrition then it is available in full at the ABC.
There was nothing in it that should persuade anybody. This is the utterly predictable 11th-hour capitulation of a hollow vessel incapable of addressing the rights and needs of individuals and the collective.
The entire press conference was dedicated to Morrison’s feelings. He sort of apologised over and again for stuffing up. Expressed disgust at the culture that has flourished fulsomely under his leadership. Blathered under wet cement about listening to women while hogging the limelight and sympathy for himself.
As has been the case with his every intervention, the empathy devoid Morrison couldn’t help himself, lying about his knowledge of events and attacking others with false accusations of concocted versions of his own crimes.
None of it is consequential, relevant, or offers solutions to a problem precisely embodied in Morrison’s disastrous leadership throughout the crisis which, frankly, is the only reason we have come to this…stinkhole in the first place.
Morrison is the King of Smut. He allowed and egged on the degradation of the centre of our democracy. He then covered it up like it was nothing more than another act of pork-barreling. He’s got sexual predators appearing every other day, and no less than eleven unresolved alleged assaults under his watch, not to mention a hardcore porn movie studio running in ministerial offices. Crime scenes have been steam cleaned. Alleged perpetrators have been parachuted into new jobs, put on holiday or protected by lawfare. His staff are ducking and weaving media and the police. King Smut himself is misleading parliament.
Look past the crocodile tears and these are the facts of King Smut’s royal court in action. It operates in the belief that it has some god-given right to rule that is above the law. Don’t ask, don’t tell is its credo. The rape and pillage being revealed is a feature of it, not a bug.
There is no apologising for this! Pretending to listen in a narcissistic Canberra gestalt session attended by an idiot media is entirely beside the point; a debauched hypocrisy every bit as vile as the rest of it.
What we need are new rules and processes that deliver accountability, justice and reform. The rule of law must be restored, as well as functional accountability for our Westminster system of government, not to mention rejuvenating the basic humanity of the national forum.
The man who oversaw the destruction of it all self-evidently cannot fix it now, tears or no. This is insulting our intelligence.
Enough! There is only one course of action open to Morrison if he wishes to contribute to the restoration of his people, the Liberal Party and the Parliament.
The King of Smut must take full responsibility for the entire stinking imbroglio by abdicating his throne immediately.
