The very first line of the very first recommendation basically summarises everything wrong with the Liberal Party’s last campaign: “The Party must never again allow the Parliamentary Leader and Office to effectively run the campaign.”
In the grand scheme of things, it’s not much money. This is part of what makes it so sad. The country’s politicians have sold out the climate for little more than a rounding error on projects that will continue for decades.
The big lie the Liberal Party told itself was that moderates lost their seats at the past two elections because they were moderates. For the hard right, it was the perfect lie. Like much of what they imagine, it is the inverse of what is true.
