Today on Pearls and Irritations
What is the point of power without purpose?
The ALP Conference this week will be carefully managed, but Labor’s deeper problem is a hollowed-out party increasingly driven by factions, polling and caution.
Australia’s China panic keeps colliding with reality
Israeli embassy attacks Labor’s draft Gaza platform
Football brought the world together; FIFA sold the crowd
Andy Burnham needs more than managerialism as Britain’s new PM
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