If We Must Have Male Politicians, at Least Make Them Pretty Ones

Congratulations to Marjorie O’Neill, whose wonderful work and advocacy for the community has resulted in her retaining the seat of Coogee for the ALP at the recent state election. And, congratulations to the people of NSW for electing an attractive looking premier, providing Pearl with eye candy for the next four years. Naturally, I prefer female politicians, but at Pearl’s age I’m seeking good-looking men, and there’s just not enough of them in parliament to keep me interested in the political process.

As a former political junky, I’ve become jaded by a political system run by vested interests, and I’m cynical enough to realise that both parties are there to represent big business in the pursuit of infinite economic growth (when is enough, enough?) at the expense of the populace. If I must swallow their predictable rhetoric, at least provide me with something to look at, even if I vehemently disagree with the rubbish that comes out of their mouths.

Take Albanese for instance, a man of boring appearance with a droning voice. Perhaps his ridiculous devotion to nuclear submarines and tax cuts for the wealthy would be a lot more palatable if he was cut from the same cloth as Justin Trudeau (why is the ALP always running scared of wealthy people who never cast their ballot in Labor’s favour? They need Pearl advis- ing them). I doubt very much my loathing of Scott Morrison would have been tempered had he been an attractive man, but if a conservative politician must throw a lump of coal around parliament, at least let that politician be a sexy dude, not a goofy, beetroot-faced buffoon. And, talking of sexy dudes, it would not surprise me if Christian Porter’s attractive (but sleaze contaminated) appearance has provided him with an escape clause in the Robodebt Royal Commission - despite being a champion of the scheme, his name was barely mentioned.

Seriously though, the people of NSW need to be congratulated for taking a stand against the growing extremism and blatant corruption of the LNP. Australians are a conservative lot; if the economy is booming, we have no interest in the machinations of politics, nor the welfare of our most vulnerable or the environment. We are even prepared to see peaceful protestors arrested and jailed for stints unbefitting of the supposed crime. But when Gladys fell on her own sword (wielded by a corrupt political paramour) and the premier’s baton was passed to a man of archly conservative ideology with a family embroiled in corruption allegations involving developers, I think something twigged. Add to this the hilarious antics of a litigious John Barilaro and perhaps the people of NSW had just had enough of the LNP and their fringe views.

Give us politicians of Marjorie’s ilk, compassion and intelligence (I would love to see Kylie von Muenster ditch the LNP and reinvent herself as a Teal), and if we must have male politicians at the helm, at least make them pretty ones, with nice voices. Think Justin Trudeau, Gabriel Boric and Emmanuel Macron – swoon!