The Gillard government's latest tactic of blaming Tony Abbott for all their woes is getting quite tedious, and just demonstrates how bereft of ideas and political smarts they really are. Do they really think the public is swallowing this crap? It just won't wash and they are kidding themselves if they think the public is buying it.
To hear the Gillard government rolling out this silly nonsense - that Tony Abbott is somehow responsible for the influx of boat people and any price rises caused by the carbon tax - you would think they were the opposition party and Tony Abbott is prime minister. Is this a strategy of Gillard's new pommy spin doctor? If so, it appears that Gillard has done her dough (our dough) by employing him. It is just bizarre.
For a start, it isn't Tony Abbott's fault that the amendments to the Migration Act couldn't go ahead. The blame for that can be put fairly and squarely on Labor's alliance partners The Greens. Labor sold their soul to The Greens for political expediency and have been double-crossed. Not surprising in the least. When you hop into bed with a bunch of rattlesnakes you are bound to get bitten. Gillard turned to Abbott in an attempt to circumvent The Greens and - surprise, surprise - Abbott and the opposition would have no part of a policy to send refugees to Malaysia where they would be routinely whipped and tortured.
The attempts by Gillard's employees - most notably the head of the Immigration Department and the head of Navy - to pour scorn on Abbott's policies of reopening Nauru and turning back the boats are absolutely pathetic and demonstrates just how the public service and military have been politicised and compromised under this government. Tony Abbott should take note and dismiss both of them on the first day he becomes prime minister.
Penny Wong's criticism of The Greens is also disingenuous. Wong was happy to sing the praises of The Greens when they obligingly helped pass the carbon tax but they are suddenly the devil incarnate when they arc up over the Migration Act amendments. You can't have your cake and eat it too, Penny.
The public can see right through this BS and can see that the king (or queen) has no clothes. Sooner or later they will have to take responsibility for their own actions rather than trying to blame the opposition leader all the time. The public aren't buying it, and Gillard can be thankful that The Queen is in town to provide a diversion.
As soon as The Queen and Obama are out of the country, the Labor party should move to decapitate Gillard and go to Plan C. By any measure Gillard has been a total failure as prime minister, and has led the Labor party into an unprecedented political quagmire. It isn't a government, it is a dysfunctional rabble under Gillard and the time for decisive action is fast approaching.
