It's been an extraordinary week. Words like "unprecedented", "turmoil", "crisis" and even "unhinged" flow like lava amid Britain's Brexit eruptions, the jailing of Cardinal George Pell over sexual abuse convictions, and the leadership catfight in the Coalition's junior partner, the National Party.
Regarding the latter, Prime Minister Scott Morrison unintentionally chanced upon the nub of the matter when he compared his working relationship with Nationals leader Michael McCormack to that of Sir Robert Menzies and John "Black Jack" McEwan in the Coalition heyday of the 1950s.
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