Like a latter-day Snoopy, Barnaby Joyce has been dreaming of bringing down the Red Baron —Nats’ leader Michael McCormack— ever since Joyce lost the job of deputy prime minister in 2018.
Who can blame Joyce for being bitter — shot down by a ‘bonking ban’ that didn’t even exist when he breached it and got his former media adviser and now partner pregnant? Then again, anyone who did a deal with Mr Turnbull, after what Turnbull did to Mr Abbott, can hardly claim that they were unaware of a certain track record of treachery.
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