The expulsion of Moira Deeming from the Victorian Liberal party requires one simple question to be answered: what is the guiding principle at work? Why was Ms Deeming dumped?
The Liberal party is supposed to operate to a higher, more principled standard than the Labor party. We all know that, in the famous formulation of Graham Richardson, when it comes to Labor party internal politics you do ‘whatever it takes’ to gain or retain power.
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