Angus Taylor echoes One Nation’s migration policy. By Flat White in The Spectator.

Here is One Nation’s immigration policy, posted months ago:

 

 

What should have been a straightforward political correction to migration over a decade ago was fought against with ideological misinformation that wrongly labelled Australians racist or xenophobic for wishing their nations to remain Australian.

Even today, the Greens are calling out Angus Taylor’s new migration policy, which is still only a whisper of an idea, as ‘reintroducing elements of the White Australia Policy’. Awkward really, as people keep reminding the Left that this was a union-backed Labor Party policy. …

It would be interesting to see the Greens call out Beijing for racism or sexism given the demographic makeup of the CCP Politburo. Communism isn’t keen on diversity or inclusion.

Further, Australians know that they are uniquely punished, as Westerners, for wishing to embrace history, honour their ancestors, and build a future for their children.

And those children have realised that the financial burden they undertook to give themselves a world-class education has been undermined by their government importing a cheap labour force to take their place and live in homes that were meant for them. …

One Nation is eating the LNP alive when it comes to Menzies’ ‘Forgotten People’ and many suspect that if Menzies were alive today, he’d probably stand beside Pauline Hanson. …

These are not popular sentiments at polite media parties hosted by the Left, but by gosh are they the dominant feeling within the middle and working classes who have had enough of ‘Hotel Australia’.

Angus Taylor is making encouraging noises, but will the Liberal Party follow through?

Angus Taylor’s problem is not the predictable outrage from Greens and Labor, or the noisy ravings of the media flock, it is whether or not he can convince conservatives that all corners of the broad church are sincere.

Can people trust the party that fed into the Big Australia problem? How strong is Taylor’s resolve when the Liberals have a history of buckling at the first mean headline? And even if they win the argument at the polls, will they follow through with 65,000 deportations?

Angus Taylor has to prove he is tough enough to enact a One Nation policy without losing his nerve.

Immigration — in the long term, what other issue matters as much?