Scott Morrison has no choice. He's got to blast forward and hope for the best | Katharine Murphy

The prime minister is a leader on the clock with only limited time to convince voters the government isn’t a complete debacle

When Scott Morrison took on the prime ministership just over two months ago, I pointed out he was a political leader on the clock with only limited time to convince voters the government wasn’t a complete debacle, post all the bloodletting. Now we’ve bumped a little down the road, it’s reasonable to take stock of what we see.

In the spirit of generosity, let’s begin with an internal view. Despite the government’s profound political challenges, Morrison’s capacity to make quick decisions, without incurring too much blowback from people previously inclined to view every advance of Malcolm Turnbull’s as a personal insult, is viewed with something like relief after the long internal siege against the former prime minister.

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