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Can the 'real Malcolm' survive being PM?

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageMalcolm Turnbull's relaxed and natural demeanour comes as a relief after Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard, except they were once like that too.AAP/David Moir

The late comedian Dave Allen once joked about then-British prime minister John Major that:

If John Major was drowning, his whole life would pass in front of him and he wouldn’t be in it.

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