Back in November, just after the presidential election, Neil Brown wrote a cracker of a column for the Speccie. It began:

Of all the hare-brained ideas that governments come up with, the deal with the US to take refugees from Manus Island and Nauru must surely take the prize …

And if that wasn’t good enough, it finished with:

If President Trump goes along with it…

Smart bloke, that Neil Brown. He should be in parliament or something.

Why don’t you take a dekko at the whole column? You can find it here.

Trust us. Unlike the Nauru deal, you won’t regret it.

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