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In the sweltering confines of a Brisbane pub, as the rest of the city cut loose at work Christmas parties, a select group was finding communion with a trio billed as “Australia’s political deplorables”.
Two things stood out right away about a crowd lured by the promise of spending last Friday night with David Leyonhjelm, Malcolm Roberts and Andrew Laming.
One, most everyone seemed to take the tectonic shifts in world politics in 2016 – Brexit, the Trump presidency and even the resurgence of One Nation – as a sign things were going their way
Australia's 'political deplorables' head to the pub to call last drinks on major parties
Two things stood out right away about a crowd lured by the promise of spending last Friday night with David Leyonhjelm, Malcolm Roberts and Andrew Laming.
One, most everyone seemed to take the tectonic shifts in world politics in 2016 – Brexit, the Trump presidency and even the resurgence of One Nation – as a sign things were going their way
Australia's 'political deplorables' head to the pub to call last drinks on major parties