The power of the Deep Right in Labor will spell their demise. “In a world where merit really mattered, Marles would be the one to be dispatched. “Difficult as it might be to believe, Marles has leadership ambitions. “One possible reason he ignored the advice [not to sack Husic & Dreyfus] was that he was shoring up his defences to ward off the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, who normal people see as the natural successor to Albanese.” “NSW Right powerbrokers Matt Thistlethwaite, Chris Bowen & Tony Burke.. warned Marles that if he proceeded, there would be grave repercussions. “That it would be an act of self-harm, that it would create considerable ill will inside the party, that there would be retribution, that the Muslim community would never forgive Husic’s sacking, and that it would distract from the Coalition’s infighting.“