The prime minister's own missive admits that the government is now seen as "hostile to the family", "insufficiently assertive" on defence and "soft on crime".
The Buddies had looked anything but assertive in defence, but McAusland timed his last-ditch tackle to perfection to deny Boyd a second 10 minutes after half-time.
A President Clinton would also hope Brexit does not lead to a downgrade of Nato, or duplication with a more assertive EU foreign and defence policy.
Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato Secretary General, added to the pressure today by telling senior diplomats, politicians and defence officials a "more assertive" Russia was "destabilising the European security order".
Abe, a conservative who has raised defence spending to counter an increasingly assertive China, provoked outrage in Beijing and Seoul in December 2013 when he paid his respects at Yasukuni, although he has since stayed away.
Vuckic, strong and assertive throughout, spread more concern through the Queens defence with a run and pass to Richard Foster, who dinked in a cross from the right and Shiels cleverly steered his header beyond Clark's reach.
Swansea were more assertive and cohesive from the outset, exposing the United defence's vulnerability at set pieces twice in the first 10 minutes, when corners saw Gomis allowed two unchallenged headers, one of which was cleared off the line by Ander Herrera.
Obama, stopping in Tokyo at the beginning of a four-nation Asian trip, must counter worries in Japan that his commitment to its defence in the face of an increasingly assertive China is weak.
This haunted Felix and those of us working on the Oz defence team detected a class bias: Felix was assertive, but did not then display the sophistication of Richard and Jim, posh Australians with a university education.
China's increasingly assertive territorial claims are prompting its neighbours to bolster their defences.
