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Chipmunk

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Do you think that any of the “right” unions are to the right of centre ?

I think they all are.

Just as the left are left of centre.

They're currently more right of centre because they're leader is from a right union.
 

Gary Gutful

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I think it probably sounds good in theory, but the equivalent in the NRL world would be that Parramatta Leagues Club wouldn't be able to have influence or provide finances to the Parramatta NRL Team. Would there be a Parramatta NRL Team if that was the case?
That’s a terrible analogy.

We are talking about political parties, not football teams. I don’t “support” a political party.

It might not mean that the labor party exists but something would replace it. That something could be an improvement.
 

Chipmunk

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That’s a terrible analogy.

We are talking about political parties, not football teams. I don’t “support” a political party.

It might not mean that the labor party exists but something would replace it. That something could be an improvement.

You don't support a political party and nor do I. But the people involved do and I'm sure there are political forums that are the equivalent of this forum.

Different perspectives on things come from the different interests people have.

Back to analogy, if Parramatta Leagues Club didn't fund or have an interest in the Parramatta NRL team, then Parramatta NRL probably wouldn't exist. But as you've pointed out, just like the Labor Party, someone else would replace it.

Having said that, I think it's unlikely either will cease to exist anytime soon.
 

Chipmunk

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if you go to whirlpool and say anything negative about Labor then you'll be banned

Yeah, and I'm sure there is forums where if you did the same for LNP, Greens and One Nation the same thing would occur.

Funnily enough some political party supporters are probably more fanatical than many sports fans.
 

Gary Gutful

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You don't support a political party and nor do I. But the people involved do and I'm sure there are political forums that are the equivalent of this forum.

Different perspectives on things come from the different interests people have.

Back to analogy, if Parramatta Leagues Club didn't fund or have an interest in the Parramatta NRL team, then Parramatta NRL probably wouldn't exist. But as you've pointed out, just like the Labor Party, someone else would replace it.

Having said that, I think it's unlikely either will cease to exist anytime soon.
I wouldn't vote for Parramatta. It would just be a vote for disappointment.
 

Gary Gutful

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Yeah, and I'm sure there is forums where if you did the same for LNP, Greens and One Nation the same thing would occur.

Funnily enough some political party supporters are probably more fanatical than many sports fans.
Funnily enough some bird watchers are probably more fanatical than many sports fans.
 

Bandwagon

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I think they all are.

Just as the left are left of centre.

They're currently more right of centre because they're leader is from a right union.

Right and left within the union movement and the broader Labor party is a bit of a misnomer, it's more conservative and progressive, after all collectivism is a central tenet of the union movement, and one of the few things that define what is actually left

But I would agree overall that there is a shift to the right, has been going on since Hawke / Keating.
 

hindy111

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Funnily enough some bird watchers are probably more fanatical than many sports fans.

I am a bird watcher. I also used to spend my childhood catching finches.
Double bars,redheads,nutmeg and if I was lucky a gold finch. That was jackpot.
You could trade a Gold finch for 8 doubles bars
 

Gronk

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I am a bird watcher. I also used to spend my childhood catching finches.
Double bars,redheads,nutmeg and if I was lucky a gold finch. That was jackpot.
You could trade a Gold finch for 8 doubles bars

Mate bird watchers are conservationists. Little brats who pull heads off birds are not conservationists.

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