#peterhartcher the ‘wise’ writer from the #smh talks about #trump having a #mandate. I’m not sure if Peter has a clue about American elections but no President, no matter how evil, has a mandate. The electoral system doesn’t have compulsory voting and the President is lucky to get voted in with a majority of the votes. What he has is a congress and a senate that protects his crazy economic destroying cruel decisions. If they are flicked he has nothing.

#johnshakespeare @johnshakespeare Lil’ #ICAC shows how it’s done https://smh.com.au/politics/nsw/to-halt-the-democratic-rot-stop-the-political-rorts-20230628-p5dk68.html #PeterHartcher @smh @theage #alttext

Fresh from banging the drum for war within three years, #peterhartcher raises the prospect that the AUKUS deal will be another round of "fantasy subs" that never actually get built. Here's hoping!