Josh Frydenberg, ScoMo’s enabler in chief

The brutal derailment of Josh Frydenberg’s preordained glide into the office of prime minister has caused an extraordinary – and extraordinarily misplaced – bout of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

On the brink of discomposure on election night, Frydenberg’s former boss John Howard expressed vain hope “there may be a miracle that will keep him in parliament”.