Dan Andrews’ ‘F-bomb rant’ exposed: Premier ‘launched into expletive-laden rant’ as he battled to install socialist Jacinta Allan as his successor
Dan Andrews’ ‘F-bomb rant’ exposed: PM ‘launched into expletive-laden tirade’ as he fought to install socialist Jacinta Allan as his successor
Dan Andrews reportedly launched an expletive-laden ‘tirade’ during a meeting to determine his successor.
The outgoing Victorian Premier’s alleged attempt to create an all-Socialist-Left leadership team of Jacinta Allan and Tim Pallas failed when he realized that Labor Party rules required them to hold a vote of the membership after ministers to the right of the party had thrown their hat into the elections. ring.
“Daniel blew up during the caucus,” a Labor source said The Australian.
Dan Andrews (pictured) reportedly launched into an expletive-laden ‘tirade’ during a meeting to determine his successor
Jacinta Allan, the woman chosen to replace Dan Andrews as Victorian Premier, appears with new Deputy Leader Ben Carroll
“His tirade was unprecedented. It was damn this, damn that. Basically he told them, ‘You all have the right to be promoted. You have no right to bring division into this room.”
Another added: ‘It was a classic Daniel maneuver, complete with a classic botching of the details around party rules.’
The sources told the newspaper that the eventual compromise of Ms Allan as prime minister and right-wing Ben Carroll as her deputy was rejected at Mr Andrew’s insistence.
“He said to them, ‘You guys, settle this. There’s a damn deal to be made here. Do it now,” said a Labor source.
“The last thing he did was what he should have done from the very beginning.”
Mr Andrews did not comment on the newspaper’s claims.
“The 49th Prime Minister was elected unopposed by the caucus and she has my full support,” he said.
Andrews announced his shock resignation on Tuesday after winning three elections for the Victorian Labor Party.
Despite his success, he will leave a divisive legacy due to Melbourne’s Covid-19 lockdowns, which were among the longest of any city in the world.
Ms Allan is the first woman to lead the state since Labour’s Joan Kirner resigned more than three decades ago in 1992.
Daniel Andrews and his successor as Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen are pictured in 2022