Farewell, Morrison!
▲ Yuyuan Tan Tian’s original comic book "It’s hard to fill"
Repeatedly fromfabricateMorrison, who made political capital from all kinds of "China threat theory", was planted in his old trick this time.
The Australian people are obviously tired of thisPolitical chameleonHypocrisy — — The lies he made up for himself.Bury the bill.
Unlike Chinese’s introverted and calm, straightforward the French could not help but be ecstatic about Morrison’s stepping down:
French Foreign Minister Le Drian, who just stepped down, said at the handover ceremony that "I am very happy to see Australian Prime Minister Morrison lose the election".
As Morrison’s competitor albanese mentioned in his victory speech, his victory originated from Australians.Ask for change”。
Farewell, Morrison!
Morrison’s stepping down was actually not lost to others, butLost to myself..
On May 21st, local time, the preliminary vote count of the Australian general election showed that the Labour Party had taken a big lead, and the leader of the Labour Party, albanese, was about to become the new Australian Prime Minister.
Morrison put a hasty end to her three-year ruling career.
Seeing such a result, both the Australian media and the American media used rude words. It was "Morrison was ousted" and "Australia needs a new government". Public dissatisfaction with Morrison is also reflected in the reflection on this election. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation regrets:
"This is an appeal to our political leaders.Take government work seriouslyThe election. "
The reason is also very simple — — Judging from the results of the pre-election opinion polls and various forecast indicators, Morrison and the leader of the Labor Party can almost be said to be "evenly matched".
You can look at these three data:
Shortly before the start of the general election, poll data showed that the Labour Party was ahead of Morrison’s Liberal Party-National Party ruling Coalition by 2%. In other words, the leading edge of the Labour Party is not great.
Poll data show that Australia is falling into political division, with 29% of voters saying they will vote for candidates other than the Liberal-National Party ruling Coalition and the Labour Party. In other words, the voting results are more dispersed, and the gap between the votes of candidates from all parties may be smaller.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation analyzed 24 key seats that may undergo great changes. The wrestling between the Labor Party and the Liberal Party-National Party ruling Coalition is almost within a few decimal places, and the leading edge of some seats is even calculated as 0.2%.
No matter from which data, it seems that this election should be a difficult tug-of-war, but with Morrison’s efforts, everything is still possible.
But at present, it seems that the Labour PartySubstantial advantageWin. Seeing such a result, Cong Wang, a reporter from the Asia-Pacific Terminal of the General Station, wrote this passage:
I watched the campaign interviews of the core figures of the Labour Party, including the debate of the candidate for prime minister. Although the policies of the Labour Party were not clear enough or even confused, I was able to win by a large margin. It seems that voters are not generally disappointed with Morrison.
Disappointment, where does it come from?
According to a survey conducted by the Australian polling agency, the topic that attracts the most attention of voters in this general election isLivelihood issues. Let’s look at several sets of data:
This is the rate of wage growth in Australia during the decade from 2011 to 2020 — — Almost stagnant. For most of these 10 years, the ruling Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party was in power.
This is the year-on-year increase in Australia’s inflation data in the first quarter of this year. It seems that it is better than the United States and Britain, but this is the highest increase in Australia for more than 20 years.
The record-breaking cost of living urgently needs to be explained and solved by Morrison government.
These issues of concern to the Australian people seem to be beyond the concern of Morrison government officials:
Before the election, when asked if he could tell the price of a loaf of bread, a liter of gasoline and a quick antigen test, Morrison was too embarrassed to answer.
It is no wonder that Morrison lost the election. What Morrison "cares about" is obviously biased. Where is it biased?
In the past few years, Morrison’s government took confronting China as its political core, and wanted to attract votes by spreading fear and threats.
Before the election, Morrison refused to see Ambassador China, and still tried to gain political capital by being tough with China.
But the result of the election has already explained everything — —The Australian people are tired of Morrison’s lies and out-of-focus policies..
A lie may deceive people once or twice, but more than three years is enough for people to see through whether there is a "real threat" or a "wolf coming".
Obviously, until the eve of defeat, Morrison was still immersed in his own imagination, and it was much easier to make up an unfounded "threat" than to start solving practical problems.In imagination and reality, Morrison chose the former, which also doomed his failure..
Morrison’s "paranoia" is not born, but comes from aplay for high (or big) stakes.
In 2018, the then Australian Prime Minister Turnbull announced his resignation, and Morrison succeeded him as the Australian Prime Minister. Happiness came suddenly.
At that time, Morrison still used "partners" to describe the relationship between Australia and China. Later, he also had a classic description of the relationship between China, the United States and Australia:
The United States is Australia’s "friend" and China is Australia’s "customer". "You can support your friends as well as your customers."
Morrison made it clear that,Will not choose a side station between China and the United States..
However, only a few months later, he quickly changed his face. This is directly related to the 2019 general election.
At that time, Morrison’s Liberal Party-National Party ruling Coalition was weak in election, lagging behind the Labor Party. Morrison, who had been in power for a short time, faced the first crisis of his ruling career before his ass was hot. In desperation, someone extended an olive branch.
This also made Morrison see the hope of gambling.
At that time, the trade war with China provoked by the United States was entering the most stalemate stage, and the resulting domestic populism in the United States made Morrison see a kind of"Kidnapping" public opinionThe possibility.
He immediately tied himself to the "anti-China chariot" of the United States, danced with the United States, and beganTake China as an example.
With the expansion of domestic conservative forces and the spread of populism, Morrison won the 2019 general election by luck. Even he himself called it a "miraculous victory". Morrison, you won the bet.
However, gambling is not without cost. Once domestic populism is aroused, it is like a black hole, which needs to be constantly fed with imaginary "black material", which makes Morrison’s "paranoia" gradually ill:
Australia is the first country that provoked the international community to conduct a Covid-19-traced "investigation" on China after the epidemic.
The Australian federal government also reversed the history and cancelled the memorandum of understanding and framework agreement on "One Belt, One Road" cooperation signed by Victoria and China.
From "betting" in the election campaign to "betting" in power, Australian politicians have entered a blind obedience.vicious circleChen Hong, director of the Australian Research Center of East China Normal University, analyzed the logic for Tan Zhu:
Australia has great power ambition, but no great power strength. After choosing attachment, it has repeatedly fallen into the paradox of economic development and military security. The choice of Australian politicians is naturally irrational. When there is a so-called security dependent who proves himself — — When the American strategy can play a role, Australian politicians do not care about the cost, regardless of the cost.
Politicians can ignore the cost, but Australians can’t ignore it — — "China threat", after all, is a fabricated rhetoric, and the loss of the Australian people, but real money:
In April 2020, China imported about $130 million worth of barley from Australia. As a result, the import value was halved to $64 million within one month.
In May 2020, China imported about $180 million worth of beef from Australia. By January 2021, the import value had dropped to about $72 million.
In October 2020, China imported about $34 million worth of cotton from Australia, and in January 2021, it fell to about $640,000.
When a country’s leaders start "gambling", it’s not just their political career that is sacrificed.
Morrison’s government is caught in a fantasy, not an isolated case, but more like an Australian politician’s "predestination”。
Because before Morrison came to power, there was also an obvious change in attitude towards China during the reign of then Australian Prime Minister Turnbull. The change at that time originated from a phone call.
That phone call was made by the then US President Trump.
According to the report, Trump "slammed" the phone, calling it the "worst" call of the day.
As soon as American leaders get angry, Australia will not hesitate to catch up with national interests?
Whether it is the luck of speculation or coercion, there are deeper reasons behind it.
Geographically, Australia is isolated in the southern hemisphere, with the vast Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean to the east and west.
On the one hand, this position makes Australia avoid the perennial wars on the mainland, on the other hand, it also exposes Australia to the sphere of influence of western maritime powers without any cover.
Moreover, for Australia, foreign trade is a major pillar of the national economy, and once the sea route is blocked, its economy will be in danger.
Therefore, Australia’s countermeasures have always been with the present.Sea power powerMake an alliance.
After becoming a British colony, Australia hoped that the British Royal Navy could ensure its own safety. After World War II, the United States became the maritime hegemon, and Australia turned to the United States.
Dependence on the inertia of big countries has become the "background color" of Australian politics, and it has gradually lost its independent development path.
This kind of desperate attachment is oftenAt the expense of other countries’ interests.
Last October, Morrison attended the G20 Summit. One month before the summit, Australia just stabbed the knife in the back, unilaterally suspended the contract for purchasing 12 conventional submarines from France, and wanted to build nuclear submarines with the support of Britain and the United States.
Therefore, how Macron would interact with Morrison became the focus of media attention at that time.
Morrison said in an interview that she found Macron and put her hand on his shoulder to say hello. Morrison also said that Macron was very happy to exchange greetings with herself.
This is the picture captured by the media at that time. Whether Macron is happy or angry, his eyes tell everything.
The French leader is not the only one who didn’t give Morrison a good face.
When Morrison walked back and forth, trying to attract attention, other world leaders put MorrisonAs a transparent person, put it aside.
The British media described Morrison’s situation at that time:
Morrison stood alone, folded her mask awkwardly in her hand and looked around the room.
The communication between countries is not an either-or zero-sum game, but Australia’s "destiny" makes it appear on the international stage today.be ill-adapted to.
When a country only "bets" on a "friend" in international communication, it is not surprising to make such embarrassing behavior in the face of other countries. It’s just whether Australian politicians have considered it. So, who wants to deal with Australia?
Will the "friend" in Australia’s eyes look at himself in the same way? Or just think of Australia asservant in front of the horse and chariot at the command of his master?
More sadly, Australian politicians not only indulge in this abnormal international relationship of domination and domination,Do not reflect, do not break free, do not change., but also put on a pair of "daughter-in-law boil into a woman" posture, in an attempt to use such a deformed relationship to treat its neighboring countries in the South Pacific.
If you don’t break free from the fate of control and being controlled and move towards autonomy, the consequences will only act on yourself in the end. The people of Australia expressed their attitude with the actual actions of voting.
The knife cuts bread and fingers.
Reality has also proved that "Morrison" will be eliminated by history.
What choice to make, Australian politicians, can think about it.