THE left are reluctant to admit it but they're pretty rapt Malcolm Turnbull's the Liberal Party's new Head Boy.

We've got a bit of a soft spot for Big Aussie Mal. It all started when he was the head of the Australian Republican Movement and how he went in swinging during the 1999 convention. I know, fat lot of good that did, but still, for a blue blood he gave it a red-hot go.

Despite his "arrogance" we're a bit smitten with Turnbull's "progressiveness". Progressiveness is not a word that jumps to mind when we think of the Liberals. Or merchant bankers. Or middle-aged, middle-class white guys called Malcolm.