Supercilious: “Having an air of contemptuous superiority.” (OED)

I don’t know, but when I see Tanya Plibersek cavalierly cancelling a gold mine and Penny Wong continually dissing and deserting Israel in favour of Islamic terrorists, the descriptor supercilious springs to my mind.

Is it just my male perspective or is it in fact hard to think of a male politician who can look so contemptuously superior? It is terribly irritating to me. I have been flailing around trying to think of any contemporary male politicians who might compete with Plibersek and Wong in the supercilious stakes. I reckon I might have to skip to Canada and to Justin Trudeau. Saw him recently chiding America for not voting for a woman; and in the most sanctimonious terms. Hmm, sanctimonious: “Making a show of being morally superior.” When you think about it, the two words are hardly describing something miles apart. I don’t think it is an accident that Trudeau describes himself as a feminist. From blackface to lipstick and mascara might be a shorter leap than one would think.

To be clear, I am not being anti-woman. Perish the thought. There are many female politicians, most, who thankfully don’t fit the bill of being supercilious or sanctimonious. It is just a pity that we have two of them in the cabinet.

Of course, Mrs Thatcher might at times have been considered by some as having an air of contemptuous superiority about her. But then she backed it up with achievements. Whereas Plibersek and Wong are simply national embarrassments. All contemptuous superiority, no talent or wisdom. Mind you, I shouldn’t bracket Plibersek with Wong. Plibersek effectively banned a gold mine and is on a misconceived green-cum-indigenous mission, probably aimed at making life difficult for Albo. Whereas Wong is siding with an evil enemy against our ally. That is truly contemptible. How does a person like that ever attain a position of political power? I suppose you would have to know how the Labor machine and factions work; which I don’t.

But when you consider the complexion of the whole Labor government and its ruinous policies, it is evident beyond any doubt that something rotten has taken hold of the Labor Party. This isn’t Bob Hawke’s party. This is something else. I don’t think anyone has really quite yet got to grips with a government which would risk public safely by rushing to give thousands of visas to Palestinians from Gaza. This isn’t just bad public policy. This is hateful policy. What the heck is going on? Here’s a clue, with acknowledgement to Sir Thomas More in “A Man for All Seasons” – It profit a party nothing to give its soul for the whole world, but for a few lousy seats in south western Sydney!