A quick word about Daniel Andrews

And the derangement he generated amongst the right-wing political class

There are plenty of things to criticise about Daniel Andrews and his government, and a more coherent and organised Opposition and opposition media would have concentrated on those things, and they might have had an impact.

Instead, the Liberal Party and the mainstream media turned Andrews into a caricature, a left-wing political monster they conjured from their own central casting, a projection of all their own insecurities and prejudices, and in so doing they all-but ensured Andrews’ political success.

Voters not only saw through the caricature and the conspiracy theories presented to them with monotonous regularity, they recognised that the media and the Liberal Party’s over-the-top contempt for all things Andrews extended to them as well. The media and the Libs didn’t just hate Dan Andrews, they hated the fact that people kept voting for h…