As with Peter, Paul, and Mary’s signature 60’s peace anthem, Where have all the Flowers Gone, the wars and unravelling of the Liberal Party didn’t arrive on May 3. It has been a long time passing, with the rot starting in the lead-up to the 1996 election.

Much has been trawled over by the Turnbullian ‘moderates’ and their media mates about Menzies, his loss to Curtin, the disintegration of the United Australia Party, and the ‘Forgotten People’ speech culminating in the 1949 triumphant return under the banner of his new Liberal Party.