‘America first’ implies, implacably, ‘America alone’. Australian voters could not have pronounced a more emphatic judgement on Saturday, barely days after another strong Canadian poll repudiation of President Donald Trump, handing the opposition conservative Liberal Party its worst drubbing in 80 years. Equally, they have expressed their preference unambiguously for the conciliatory current Labour prime minister, Anthony Albanese, over the bellicose right wing Liberal leader and ex-police officer, Peter Dutton. The former has emerged as the first Australian premier to secure a back-to-back victory in 20 years; the latter was denied a parliamentary seat.

Only a party dangerously out of touch with concerns........

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