Is the devil in the detail?

May 31, 2026

Greg Barns moots the likes of David Pocock not ruling out a new political party, presumably with like-minded Independents. With a far lower profile than Greg, I too left the Liberal Party when in Queensland it decided to consummate its relationship with the National Party. Talk about the Bride of Frankenstein. Refreshingly there is a tribe of us, who I take the liberty of labelling broad-minded Centrists who would be interested in such a movement. This evidenced in my experience of witnessing the rapid growth of some social media platforms, simply started by individuals doing no more than considered research and then expressing a common-sense viewpoint. The challenge for Messrs. Pocock et al will be in the coalescence of such a group, allowing, indeed encouraging individualism yet having the discipline to form a cohesive front when the many circumstances that will demand it. The rise and fall of the Australian Democrats are perhaps a salutary lesson. That said, I believe many of us look forward to what could progress.