Malcolm in the middle: what can Labor learn from Turnbull’s doomed attempt to govern from the centre? | Peter Lewis

Ten years after my first Essential column for the Guardian, another centrist government is confronting a global bin fire in the face of a resurgence of populismI wrote my first column for Guardian Australia in August 2016, when the winds of chaos were sweeping the globe, the forces of division were finding their voice and a centrist leader named Malcolm was scrambling to hang on.A decade provides enough space to give events real definition in the rear-view mirror while more recent events still feel like passing traffic or roadkill. So, let’s strap ourselves into the Essential DeLorean and go back to the future. Continue reading...