What is James Thinking? The Green Plague.

I really wonder. Do journalists really read what they are writing? This is James Massola in today’s Nine Entertainment papers. He was writing about the significant and to my mind wonderful reality that:

Voters have turned away from the federal Greens, with support for the minor party falling to its lowest level since February.

And this is the explanation offered by Massola:

Voters surveyed last week by the Resolve Political Monitor for this masthead also marked down many of the crossbench party’s signature policies, including ending negative gearing and capital gains tax and recognising Palestine.

On the ball is James. On the ball.

Yes granted, Massola’s writing is sloppy. There is no proposal to “end” capital gains tax although informed watchers know to what this referred. But here’s the kicker. These are the very same policies of the Labor government.

So why are’t Labor’s numbers falling as fast as the Greens. Again, from Massola:

party leader Adam Bandt has been rated the third most unlikeable federal politician after Lidia Thorpe and Pauline Hanson.

2 out of the 3 most unlikeable federal politicians are Greens. There’s your clue James.

In this case, it’s not policy but rather personnel.

Throw in Max Chandler-Mather and the rest of the hyphenated bunch. And of course the Green’s spokesperson the this blog … Adolph Marx-Lenin.

One can only pray that this Green plague is coming to an end. The only pestilence that can be cured at the election box.