“[He has] fallen into the classic trap of the egomaniac…This childish business of putting his leadership on the line every time he doesn’t get his own way is straight out of the Elysee Palace in the days of De Gaulle.”
Now, who said that? Well, according to Philip Adams, it was Malcolm Turnbull towards the end of Whitlam’s turn in office.
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