423 – Do The Liberals Have No Chance Of Winning This Forthcoming South Australian Election?
Political commentator Robert Godden dissects the existential crisis facing South Australia’s Liberal Party, exploring whether Vincent Tarzia’s leadership and the party’s rightward drift have made electoral victory impossible, not just in March but potentially forever, before Steve shares his song about Spring Gully’s four-generation story. Political commentator Robert Godden returns to The Adelaide Show with a thesis that cuts to the bone: The South Australian Liberal Party has no realistic chance of winning the forthcoming election. But his essay raises an even more unsettling question: can they realistically ever win another one? This episode doesn’t feature an SA Drink of the Week, allowing more time for a forensic examination of what’s gone wrong with liberalism itself, and the party that bears its name. In the Musical Pilgrimage, Steve shares “Spring Gully Road”, his song chronicling four generations of the Webb family’s beloved pickle company, from Edward McKee’s small brown onions
