[twitter playing up] the prime minister has talked about sovereignty, what does that men?
A: we will not be surrendering to a faceless and flagless enemy.
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Q: how will you pay off the debt?
A: we are the party of low taxes.
Q: so you are talking about a post-war approach, growing the pie?
A: we are focused on the task at hand.
[translation: no repayment plan, no. Slogans only].
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Frydenberg quotes “as the prime minister says, patience is a virtue”. He says restrictions are based on the health advice. Says frontline workers are heroes. Cites John Howard lying about the ideological fervour of the Liberal Party #Insiders

Josh quoting his political father figures to pretend that politics has somehow evaporated from their political party is cringe-making stuff #Insiders

Rabbits n coffee. Classy splicing as always #Insiders

easing restrictions is the bone Speers will not let go of today. Parker (Gareth) makes reasonable points about the different conditions and caseloads in different states. WA has pulled down the shutters. He says “pretty much anyone with a fever” can get tested there #Insiders

yes, different states have a different curve to flatten. Lots of “regions” have no cases at all. Great, but local government is not the governance unit being organised by national cabinet. It should be, and many are doing great things, but Morrison excludes them #Insiders

more talk about easing restrictions or whatever. No vaccine has been found for any corona virusgovernments will need to start making decisions, says Speers. The inconsistencies make it harder to maintain the social consensus says Epstein. #Insiders

people talking about re-opening the economy should remember that more poor people die sooner, Epstein reminds Speers, who doggedly sticks to the theme of “when can we re-open”? Despite the fact that “when did we close”? is not asked. #Insiders

another Morrison government slogan from Speers, this time about the economy and when we “get to the other side”. Clip of Morrison on his latest talking point, a butchering and commodifying of the concept of sovereignty. #Insiders

Q: so Renee, does sovereignty mean manufacturing ventilators?
A: I think we will hear the prime minister talk more about sovereignty in the coming weeks.
no shit Sherlock #Insiders

footage of Albanese telling the parliament that the most valuable workers are not the most highly paid.
Gareth (deliberately?) misses the point and says doctors are well paid and what about delivery drivers?
[Okay mate. Are delivery drivers mainly men?]
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Epstein is not here to scapegoat the Pearl Beach guy. He tells the story of a transient military vet. He raises the ONE THIRD of Australians who rent. Speers cuts him off to repeat that lots of politicians delivered #StayHome messages. Yeah, we know. #Insiders

so Renee (Courier Mail political editor) what do you think of the minor NSW minister? Yep, Renee is for the minister being fined and stepping down. Me too, Renee. I am also here for talking about residential tenancies instead of blokes who own two houses #Insiders

#TalkingPictures is Bowers with Shalailah Medorah (sp?) from TripleJ hack. They speculate that removing half the politicians has been good for... getting stuff done #Insiders

#FinalObservations Parker is a big fan of the national cabinet and the depoliticising myth. #Insiders

#FinalObservations II Epstein, who is an absolute voice of reason in this weird public-broadcaster-murdochscape says his team surveyed scientists on whether climate change is a bigger threat than coronavirus. The answer is yes. Whether we will listen to them? Jury out #Insiders

I missed Renee’s final obs, sorry. We go out with Zali Steggall washing her hands and singing the theme song to one of the longest running and whitest shows ever made. She is the MP for Warringah so that is on brand I guess #Insiders

This has been another edition of watching #Insiders so you don’t have to

I’m gonna double back and try to repair the thread in a sec, and add some tweets from the drafts folder on that interview, which wasn’t the worst Speers interview I’ve watched. In the meantime, tip jar here http://paypal.me/IngridMM 

so yeah sorry about the broken thread, not sure what happened there, if you cut in half way, top of thread here. https://twitter.com/imusing/status/1249110342912729088?s=21