What else could the PM have done?

I was asked this question following more comments in the media and a column written by a journalist known for his outspoken views and then another column written by a former Foreign Minister. Both of them, along with an increasing number of other people, are saying we should have a Royal Commission. Yes, we should. 

But what else could the Prime Minister have done to combat the rise in anti-Semitism in this country? What else could he have done to deal with a very definite increasingly radical pro-Islam group who are influencing the young in their community? What else could our Prime Minister have done to try and save our supposed "multi-cultural" society?

Our Prime Minister has been portrayed as weak and indecisive - and he is. He has always been portrayed this way and I believe it is a fair portrayal. He does not come over as a leader. There are things he could have done and has not done.

After the October 7th attack in Israel there was a rally on the steps of the Opera House. What was said at that event is still debated but the rally was not in support of the Jews. It was in support of "the people of Palestine". This rally was held before the Israeli government even went into Gaza. It must have been planned well in advance. The organisers were asked not to hold the rally. It went ahead anyway - and the Prime Minister did not speak out against it. He should have. 

There have been weekly "pro-Palestinian marches" for many months now. The media has given them endless publicity. They are disruptive and divisive. There has been an immense cost to the taxpayer as they need to be policed. Those who are unfortunate enough to own a business along the routes chosen find themselves losing business. Any of us going about our legitimate business along those routes are disadvantaged. Our Prime Minister has not spoken out against those marches.

Our Prime Minister informed us that, as a country, we would "recognise Palestine" - a country which does not exist. He did so against the advice given him and claimed this was "leadership". It is the very reverse and a move that has the potential to do far more harm than good. Leadership would be acknowledging the aspirations of others and supporting legitimate moves towards their goals. 

Leadership would also involve questioning our so-called "multicultural" country. Our Prime Minister knows that we have gone from being a country which has accepted migrants and helped them to integrate to a country where division and difference is accepted as a "right". 

In May this year the government was handed a report by the "anti-Semitism envoy". There were forty-nine recommendations in that report. None of them were controversial. Some of them could have been implemented immediately, others quite quickly, a few over time. The government under this Prime Minister has done nothing at all to implement or even accept any of them.

Of course the government is looking at the next election and the election after that. They know that their huge majority will, even with our ridiculous compulsory preferential voting system, be cut. For them that is not the point. Their worry is that there are now sufficient voters in some seats to bring in other candidates who want something radically different. If the balance of power changed to a dependence on a small handful of members with a very different view from the present Judeo-Christian one on which are laws and society are based then we could find our country changed forever. Our Prime Minister needs to show some leadership and address that issue - and address it now.