Oh yeah, it's not like the population is overwhelmed by conservative propaganda courtesy of Merdoch and co who basically own the government and have actively worked to destroy the chances for any real alternative, or that the education and social systems haven't been gutted intentionally to leave people desperate and and without critical thinking skills (making them easy targets for the right who superficially co-opt leftist ideas to make themselves appealing exactly to that demographic).

Never mind that the public didn't even get a say in the past 3 prime ministers because they were voted in via internal party elections, not general elections, and before that they were being elected in by a very thin margin (and when you consider voting turn out, those who voted for them absolutely do not represent the majority of the population).

But hey, why think critically yourself when it's so much easier to lazily point the finger at the little person on the street, rather than at those making the rules for them (rules designed, of course, to maintain the status quo). 🙄