Paul Daley: The labels arrogant, aloof, condescending, impetuous, demanding, autocratic, slippery, irascible, rude, intemperate, foul-mouthed and impatient have all been attached to Malcolm Turnbull. You should hear what the Opposition Leader’s enemies say about him.

That is why Kevin Rudd seems to be so rattled by him. Rudd is all these things too. Just ask anyone who worked with him in the Department of Foreign affairs, the Queensland bureaucracy or federal politics before his prime ministerial status.

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