The Daily Breakdown

Boris Johnson wins the vote to lead the Conservative Party. He may not be great. He may not even be good. But he will be fun. A health insurance boss has the dopiest proposal ever and if you underpay workers should you really ask for a 40 per cent pay rise? Probably not.

Christopher Pyne is in clear breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct. The head of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Martin Parkinson, knows this, but he decided to pander to his political masters rather than serve us. So much for a frank and fearless public service.

Ex-pollies want their super and their consultancies: why not make them choose? And why Peter Dutton is right to send criminals back home - especially if they're our Kiwi 'cousins'.

The $200k fine for celebrity chef George Calombaris is a joke, and how can you tell if your town is run by idiots?

Dick Smith sold a con about franking credits. A gullible and lazy media fell for it. And the NSW Government learned nothing from the pink batts disaster.

Trump's tweets about AOC, Ilhan Omar and the rest have been inelegant, but the Democrats took the bait and have now embraced the most radical wing of their party. Big mistake.

Trump tries a reverse wedge on the Democrats, Bob Brown doesn't understand economics (no shock there) and the UK media endorses censorship by Muslims.

Creating an Indigenous voice to parliament through constitutional recognition will create a third chamber and do nothing to improve Indigenous lives - but it'll never be sold that way.

Sir David Attenborough's clown show continues, will Amal Clooney stand up for the press freedom of Tommy Robinson and an ABC journalist calls ISIS fighter 'freedom fighters'.

Sir David Attenborough is probably the most trusted man in the world. But when it comes to climate change, his only expertise is in beclownment.