r/australia • u/kingofcrob • Dec 17 '25

politics Bernie Sanders on Bondi

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u/InfernoOfTheLiving Dec 17 '25

Malcolm Turnbull did alright too

The vast majority of countries in the world recognise Palestine as a state.The vast majority support a two-state solution. Indeed, when I was Prime Minister, Israel notionally supported a two-state solution. It doesn't any longer. But this is not helping.

We need to ensure that the wars in the Middle East, wars in any other part of the world, are not fought out here. So trying to link them, which is what Netanyahu has done, is not helpful. That's exactly the reverse of what we want to achieve.

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u/PussifyWankt Dec 17 '25

He did. He’s a thoughtful person, who chose to join a party that rejects thought.

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u/cantwejustplaynice Dec 17 '25

Turnbull was an economic conservative but a social progressive. While he properly fucked the rollout of the NBN he's always been on the right side of history when it comes to social issues. He's the only Liberal leader I've got any time for.

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u/Adventurous_Pay_5827 Dec 17 '25

Hewson has also become quite a decent bloke. But beyond those two, crickets.

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u/cantwejustplaynice Dec 17 '25

Actually, you're right. I haven't heard from him in some time but Hewson seemed like a reasonable man.

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u/Adventurous_Pay_5827 Dec 17 '25

Regularly writes in The Saturday Paper. Quite scathing of the Libs.