Tory campaign boss Lynton Crosby invited the former Australian Prime Minister John Howard into Conservative Party HQ on Thursday afternoon to give staff and ministers a mid-campaign pep talk.
Firing up his audience with tales of beating Labour down under, Mr S hears the bit where Crosby’s one-time client lost both the 2007 election and his own seat, did not make it into the speech.
After the Conservatives manifesto cover was lifted from the Aussie Liberal Party – another Crosby client – MPs are wondering what else will be ‘borrowed’ by the antipodean guru.
‘He’ll have us in cork hats by polling day,’ sighs one member of the old guard.
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