In the early 1970s, Scottish pop group Stealers Wheel (featuring the late, great Gerry Rafferty) had their one international hit, Stuck in the Middle with You. Its chorus sums up prime minister Tony Abbott’s political dilemma as his first team nears its mid-point: ‘Clowns to the Left of me, Jokers to the Right, Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
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