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1) If the left is the “latte left” (Iain invented that clever insult, don’t you know), then is the right the “Nescafe right“?
2) If author Kevin Donnelly is the “thinking man’s Andrew Bolt“, then is Andrew Bolt the “thinking man’s Iain Hall”?
Just some random thoughts whilst doing the vacuuming on a Saturday afternoon.
Saturday 10 February 2007, 1:58 pm #Iain Hall
Actually Scott my prefered beverage is Twinings Earl Grey tea… :)
Saturday 10 February 2007, 3:53 pm #Greeny
My grandma drinks Earl Grey too. Loves it, she does.
Saturday 10 February 2007, 4:32 pm #AV
Bolt, Donnelly, Hall . . . where exactly does “thinking” enter the equation?
Saturday 10 February 2007, 4:33 pm #AV
(Iain invented that clever insult, don’t you know)
Iain’s also responsible for the lesser-known expression “lentil-left.”
Saturday 10 February 2007, 5:23 pm #Fang
I thought it was the Chardonnay Left. In Melbourne, we all drink lattes, and like The Editor said, that pic is of a cappuccino.
Saturday 10 February 2007, 11:25 pm #Fang
Man, I am still getting over the cappuccino thing that the Editor pointed out. Gold! It does look like a fancy cappuccino though.
Iain, you should get a latte from Joe’s Garage in Brunswick st Fitzroy - they do fancy pictures on top too. Except you will be served by someone from the lentil left with dreadlocks, a bad attitude, and pungent body odour.
Sunday 11 February 2007, 10:30 am #The Editor
I’m fairly certain that Iain would prefer a McLatte from “the fine Scottish restaurant” he constantly refers to.
Monday 12 February 2007, 12:19 am #John S.
Hopefully soon McDonalds will introduce the McLentil Burger and Iain can join us at the Lentil Left.
Tuesday 13 February 2007, 11:10 pm #Dave from Albury
I believe that if we are attaching coffee metaphors to Australian politics you need to dig deeper than Nescafe.
I’ll grant the Latte Left (even though I personally think it’s stupid) simply as a starting point.
Most Liberal party supporters are from the Starbuck’s Starboard, it tastes like shit but they suck it up because it came from the USA. The Nats on the other hand are the International Roast Right - cheap, nasty and the drinkers simply don’t know any better.
Family First is like ordering an espresso from a roadhouse between Adelaide and Echuca - no matter how shiny the machine looks it produces a brew that is undrinkable and very, very, very, bitter.
The Democrats are the Muffin Break Cappucino - bland, tasteless and no-one’s really interested.
The Greens are fair trade organic peabury - you might feel good about ordering it, but you suspect that the reality won’t be as good as the hype.
The ALP left is an afogato - it seems like a good idea but it’s really impractical. The ALP right is a ristretto - blunt and bitter, should be dispatched quickly to reduce the number of witnesses. Anyone else left in the ALP is a latte with two sugars - doesn’t really stand for anything, but it’s trendier than drinking tea.
Wednesday 21 February 2007, 3:03 pm #Andy
The chardonnay left has been colluding with the latte left to roll the lentil left which they feel are too extreme and idealistic to appeal to the Big Mac mainstream. Meantime the single malt right have been trying to undermine the swing to the lentil left by making the coca-cola clueless buy fluorescent tubes instead of lightbulbs. The cocaine right protests against this because it disrupts the free market and makes them spend the money on lighting that they might have spent on cocaine from the mafia who prefer machiatto.
Wednesday 21 February 2007, 5:13 pm #The Editor
What’s the collective noun for food factions? A ‘Labor’ of food factions?