The Left has been left

Fascinatingly, Morrison won only one more seat than Turnbull achieved in the previous election, but all the polls had predicted he would lose by 20.

Over in USA in 2016, Trump had one speech only. It was called 'I am going to drain the swamp in Washington' and millions of voters yearned to help him drain that swamp.

Hilary presented herself as the Queen of the American Establishment and directed all her speeches to please the great and the mighty. In the end, most voters did not trust her. They believed that she was not one of them.

So, what can be learned from those humiliations.

I think it really is simple. Voters respond to ideas and visions, not policies. They vote for Leaders not Parties.

It is a lesson that those on the Left have not learned. They simply don't talk the language of the average voter.

Does it mean that the Left is finished as a political force? I don't think so, but it is in a deep hole.

They just don't have any leaders to spell out their cause and right now in Australia Anthony Albanese is not cutting through. He gives the impression that he wants to apologise for everything that Shorten ever did and tries to be like Morrison, but does not talk in easy to understand one liners as Morrison does.

But, there is hope that, across the Tasman in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda will become the world standard bearer for those on the Left, even though New Zealand is a tiny isolated nation.

She won election by promising little, but making her opponent look boring. And she comes over as a person of great compassion who leads her nation through difficult times with great courage. Most voters regard her as one of their own, someone who can be trusted.

She has an election coming up in 2020. This will be the real test. If she happens to lose, then the Left world wide will suffer another killer blow because the Left in USA is about to suffer one more hit.

Trump is suffering from the early stages of dementia. This is not a nasty political comment to indicate that I think his policies are demented.