Ah, James Campbell – the Liberal Party’s very own hatchet man, swinging wildly at facts like a blindfolded piñata whacker at a kid’s birthday. This time, Campbell’s serving up a steaming plate of spin, garnished with a side of “weighted online survey” nonsense. Let’s dissect this masterpiece of manufactured outrage.

1. “Weighted Online Survey” – AKA Spin Machine in Action

The words “weighted online survey” should immediately set off alarm bells louder than Peter Dutton’s shiny bald head under a spotlight. Online surveys are about as representative as a karaoke night crowd is of the music industry. You’ve got self-selected participants, algorithmic adjustments, and voila – results you can manipulate to fit whatever narrative you’re pushing. Fancy a poll that says Dutton’s ready to lead? Weight the sample just right. Need a shock poll against Labor? Add a dash of blue-collar doom and gloom. It’s not polling – it’s poll-stewing.

2. The Great -9 to +1 Leap of Mediocrity

Campbell crows about Dutton’s “very significant” shift from -9 to +1 in readiness as if it’s the second coming of Churchill. Hate to break it to you, James, but all this means is that slightly fewer people think Dutton’s a dud. That’s it. It’s not a groundswell of support; it’s a grudging shrug. Moving from “no way in hell” to “meh, I guess he exists” isn’t significant – it’s statistical pity. But sure, let’s pretend this 10-point hop from irrelevance to ambivalence is groundbreaking.

3. Conveniently Ignoring the Positives

Ah, selective amnesia – the journalist’s favourite tool. Campbell triumphantly proclaims that 52% disagree with Albanese’s priorities but conveniently glosses over the 31% who view them positively and the 17% who are neutral. So let’s get this straight: if 31% of people are satisfied with the government and 17% aren’t throwing tomatoes, that’s still a majority not in outright opposition. But Campbell’s arithmetic seems to run on Liberal logic – subtract the positives, divide the neutrals, and multiply the doom. Voilà! Instant crisis.

4. Dutton-Curious? More Like Dutton-Desperate

“Growing cohort of Dutton-curious voters”? Please. This is the political equivalent of sniffing sour milk and convincing yourself it might still be drinkable. The article bends over backwards to present Dutton as “ready to lead,” ignoring that his highest praise is moving from “deeply unfit” to “slightly less unfit.” It’s like promoting a pitchfork for eating fried rice – technically possible but laughably impractical.

5. Labor’s Blue-Collar Base = Trump Voters? Really?

Campbell’s bold assertion that Labor’s base is fleeing like “Democrats to Donald Trump” is peak wankery. Comparing Australian workers to MAGA-hat-wearing, conspiracy-fuelled Americans is lazy, irrelevant, and reeks of desperation. Workers being frustrated by inflation doesn’t make them Dutton disciples – it makes them human.

6. Redbridge = Red Flags

Let’s not ignore the elephant in the room – Redbridge. While respected, its, 1506 participants in an online format don’t represent the whole country. This isn’t a poll; it’s a whisper in the wind. Yet Campbell inflates it into a tidal wave of anti-Labor sentiment. The same tired old playbook – take a limited dataset, sprinkle in scare quotes, and paint a dire picture for Labor while hyping the unelectable.

Final Thought
James Campbell, mate, if you want to write fan fiction about Peter Dutton’s rise to relevance, just say so. Don’t insult our intelligence with this glorified propaganda piece disguised as journalism. “Weighted” is the perfect word for this article – weighted with bias, spin, and enough creative liberties to make a fantasy writer blush.

The onslaught of this bullshit is designed to smother the great news that inflation has now dropped to almost a third of when Labor took over. The article reviewed is echoed by a hit job by Samantha Maiden about the same poll https://hypalnk.com/qymjo - ODDLY not paywalled. The #MSM are getting scared that Dutt's ain't cutting it. At least FOUR Murdoch's rags pushed the same biased interpretation of the poll.

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