Ahh , the armchair experts of HC looking in the rear vision mirror .
Didn't really like the choice of words , " not to have sexual relations " , that the used . Wonder who wrote that ?
But , what did expect the PM to do ? People are outraged at politicians from all sides . One of the main reasons people dislike politicians is because they can't trust them . It seeems there is always someone doing something dodgy .
So , Turnbull has called it . Stop giving the public a reason to hate them . He is making it clear , even if he worded it badly , that politicians need to lift their game . Relationships may have been the subject but it is more a general comment in behaviour . The Coalition may have almost been starting to turn things around and this issue drops out of the sky undermining all the good work .
I can see how frustrated the Coalition members must be . Talk about giving Labor a free kick .
As to what the PM should have done . Obviously this had come to light a while ago . They obviously thought that this political dynamite . Best to keep it quiet and let it play out .
Barnaby . Splits with his wife . Falls for the first thing that comes along that happens to be in his office . Sort of tries to do the right thing and get her moved so as to get some professional separation . Tries but stuffs up it in reality .
So , when it becomes public knowledge the PM has to step in as the public would expect . It appears Barnaby doesn't want to take his medicine . He just can't keep his big mouth shut further adding fuel to the fire .
The Nationals don't like controversy . They tend to be more family , nice guy , religious and quiet . Barnaby has just trashed the brand and is only making it worse by continuely flapping his gums and allowing the media to fan the flames .
Here's one for the foil hat wearers of HC .
Everyone in Canberra knew about Barnaby's situation for quite a while . Coalition starts to have a bit of a better run politically and BOOM , the Barnaby story comes out .
