Crikey’s
political editor Bernard Keane really lit the fuse when he suggested that Peter Dutton was a better option for prime minister than Scott Morrison. It took mere moments for the emails to start flooding in…
Tom McDade writes: Are you insane???
Margery Clark writes: I have been thinking along the same lines! I originally thought Dutton would have been better as he was more gross than Morrison but this idea has become more reinforced as time goes on. I am now thinking of emailing Dutton and suggesting it to him.
Richard Hanlon writes: I could not, even under the influence of mind-numbing liquor, be persuaded that Peter Dutton should be allowed any greater input on Australia’s future. With such memorable quotes as “anchor babies” in reference to asylum seekers, “putting out the trash” in reference to Kiwi deportations, and the worst of all, in my opinion, referring to Christian Porter as “a class act”. There’s absolutely no depth or honour in the present Morrison government and the solution to that is a change of the guard — but is Labor a fair-dinkum alternative? There’s not much charisma or talent there either. God give us strength.