Harmsey - Abbott is a product of the political class as well. I mean what did he do other than write to the bulletin - he has about the same exposure to private enterprise as Dougie Cameron other than the fact the Dougie as the Secretary of the AMWU actually employed people. Abbott shows all the horrible traits that the political class show - the manichean myopia, the endless barracking for his team, the jejune name calling and nay saying typical of student politicians.
If you are looking for someone to contrast the ALPers to Liberals surely Mal T is the apogee of a man made good on his own devices
Contra, I can not agree more with this statement. You only need to watch question time or go to a street corner meeting of an MP to realise how stagnant they have become and how irrelevant the political class is. The question is, how did we get here and how do we slay this beast?