One suggestion, by those who regularly watch it is that, apart from anything else, it can be superb comedy, better than anything commercial television has on offer at any time.

The other is that it does voters a service because, with some rare exceptions, it confirms what many readers and voters believe is the deterioration in the intellectual quality and foresight of MPs in parliaments throughout Australia.

QT has been referred to as today’s version of Men Behaving Badly, a reference to the 1992 British sitcom.

It is patently clear some MPs have little or no idea of what happens in the wider electorate. Toeing the party line is now more entrenched than ever in the major parties (including the Nationals).

The shots are now called by non-elected people in head office or, as per the likes of Peta Credlin, within the walls of parliaments.

A better example of the inner sanctum determination (the stuff-the-voters syndrome)  was the LNP's loopy decision to inflict Campbell Newman on theQueensland electorate as leader. Which says something about the lack of political leaders generally.

My Queensland political correspondent wrote this, the day after the LNP's self implosion on January 31 and what is happening elsewhere, particularly in Canberra: “There are two words that go to the core of what we face these days - ‘fear’ and ‘loathing’.”

“Fear, because the general population needs to know that whoever is in charge knows what they are doing and why _ because most people just want to get on with their lives and work to build a good life for themselves. Loathing, because when they realise those in charge don't know (or don't want to because they are too interested in themselves), the fear turns to hate.

“Classic political theory, straight from Roman politics, and Machiavelli's handbook on politics. If the people fear and distrust you, they will turn on you.”

A final word about leadership from Machiavelli: “A man who becomes prince with the help of the nobles finds it more difficult to maintain his position than one who does so with the help of the people.”

- Graham Gorrel