On too many fronts, the Turnbull government’s embarrassing timidity is constantly on display. It is a timorousness fuelled as much by lack of conviction on core centre-right or conservative principles as by a cringe-worthy left-leaning political correctness. Worse, just over a year into the administration of Donald Trump, the contrast between what our most important ally (and arguably cultural soul buddy) has been able to achieve with simple, forthright determination and conservative grit makes our own cowardly hesitancy on so many political fronts that much more infuriating.