Luke is joined by Alexander Downer, Columnist / Former foreign minister and most recently the Australian High Commissioner to the UK, about his recent article in the Australian Newspaper calling for business to keep right out of the divisive Voice.

“Managers backing the Yes side ought to reflect on how they would feel if the board insisted the company go out and advocate a No vote”, writes Mr Downer.

“We used to despise the self-righteous. There was nothing more irritating than a self-righteous prig who lectured us about how naughty we were. Okay, so we have abandoned self-righteousness, but we have replaced it with a new doctrine called virtue signalling.”

“Virtue signalling is a little less aggressive than the preaching of the self-righteous, but its cynicism and hollowness is irritating all the same. And as with the self-righteous, virtue signallers often get trapped by the contradictions of their own Positions.”

Luke is joined by Alexander Downer, Columnist / Former foreign minister and most recently the Australian High Commissioner to the UK, about his recent article in the Australian Newspaper calling for business to keep right out of the divisive Voice.
“Managers backing the Yes side ought to reflect on how they would feel if the board insisted the company go out and advocate a No vote”, writes Mr Downer.
“We used to despise the self-righteous. There was nothing more irritating than a self-righteous prig who lectured us about how naughty we were. Okay, so we have abandoned self-righteousness, but we have replaced it with a new doctrine called virtue signalling.”
“Virtue signalling is a little less aggressive than the preaching of the self-righteous, but its cynicism and hollowness is irritating all the same. And as with the self-righteous, virtue signallers often get trapped by the contradictions of their own Positions.”

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