And so ends the political career of Philip Ruddock.

Not with a bang, but with a whimper in a preselection battle for Hornsby Shire Council: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/06/philip-ruddock-hornsby-mayor-liberal-party-warren-waddell-ntwnfb #auspol

Philip Ruddock accuses property developers of backing campaign to oust him as Hornsby mayor

Former Howard government minister will lose mayorship after being beaten by Warren Waddell in preselection ballot

The Guardian
@ajsadauskas HA. oh that's so sad. anyway....

@ajsadauskas

someone saw him on the TV about 30 years ago and said “oh, it’s Dorian Gray”.

the earnestness of people like him is repellent

@maudenificent @ajsadauskas He does not appear to be dead just yet, that shark may need to ride another wave.

That attic painting too has some way to go before it dies. Shame.