Michelle Grattan in her analysis of Gillard’s lurch to the right has concluded that the left wing of the ALP is dead.
Interestingly, Gillard has got away with her asylum backflip within Labor Party ranks. Partly, it is that she is new; also, the election is so close. But the quietness shows as well that the left within the ALP, traditionally exercised about these things, is effectively dead
With Faulkner retiring to the backbench and Tanner leaving politics completely Grattan’s observation has some credence. Any claim that Gillard herself is a closet red is laughable. Some might say the ALP and its supporters have finally accepted economic realities, others might observe that the ALP has abandoned the fight to change the economic conditions that enslave the vast majority. I think regardless of the motivation, Grattan’s conclusion is correct.
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