Federal Politics Live: 1 December, 2014 And good morning to you Stephanie on this lovely day when more chickens keep returning home to roost for a government that won power without actually earning the right to govern. No matter how badly your opponents may appear to be going, if you are not open with the electorate and work hard to develop and test policies, you are doomed. And even worse if you are led by a person with an aggressive shirt-fronting attitude to opposition, a glass jaw and an inability to respond quickly and coherently to the surprises thrown up by events.