From their $20 million house on a battle-axe block bought with the proceeds of short-selling, high-frequency trading and speculative stocks, Daniel and Lyndell Droga are plotting an attack on the Morrison government for being too right-wing.

The art-collecting couple, who live on Wallaroy Road, Woollahra, are co-leaders of Wentworth Independents, a group of successful Sydney eastern suburbs residents who have recruited one of their community’s stars, Allegra Spender, to stand against Liberal MP Dave Sharma at the next federal election.