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>>xd+(OP)
Winston Churchill (1951–55)

Anthony Eden (1955–57)

Harold Macmillan (1957–63)

Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64)

Harold Wilson (1964–70)

Edward Heath (1970–74)

Harold Wilson (1974–76)

James Callaghan (1976–79)

Margaret Thatcher (1979–90)

John Major (1990–97)

Tony Blair (1997–07)

Gordon Brown (2007–10)

David Cameron (2010–16)

Theresa May (2016–19)

Boris Johnson (2019–22)

Liz Truss (2022 (two days ago) - current)

Quite the reign! Can't help but feel a bit sad really.

>>simons+94
Indeed she reigned for about 30% of U.S. history.

(credit for observation goes to Matt Glassman)

>>ddlath+W6
And she was queen of Australia for over 57% of its history.

>>logicc+pA
Maybe we can finally become a Republic.

>>thunde+Wa1
We do not have enough gusto here to lead ourselves.

Asus being a republic is doing to be 50 years of dumb, outdated ideas and strife. None of our pollies are going to be innovative (Kevin, Turnbull, and Gillard were the last attempts)

With Murdoch having such a strong grip on the public conversation, he's going to profit the most from shitty controversies over absolutely nothing.

There's already a "change" vacuum (think power vacuum) in Australia which really opens the door for totalitarianism in the future. And Australian nanny-state-ism hasn't been a good precedent so far.

>>drekip+Dk1
Maybe you dont, the rest of us certainly feel like we have more than enough "gusto" to lead ourselves.

Unbelievable.