OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[RustedonEel]

Keneally stopped being a politician in 2022

Thanks for reminding me. I was just taking a load off my mind and some of my grey cells activated.

Keneally was a Captain's Pick of Albanese and they tried to parachute her into a safe Labor seat over the top of a respected local. Since this seat is in Sydney's West the locals did'nt take kindly to Keneally trying to represent them from Scotland Island. The spurned respected local ran as an Independant and handed Kristina her arse.

He's a wriggly little worm is'nt he.

 

[the phantom menace]

Yes, well aware of Keneally's past history, and failure. Labor has form there, having previously parachuted non-locals to represent Cabramatta. Might have something to do with the assassination of a former sitting local Labor MP there in 1994...

 

[the phantom menace]

It didn't work for me either. Broken link / fake news perhaps

I use the Bypass Paywalls browser add-in. Never have any problem browsing news sites that usually stop you for registration/payment after looking at one or two articles.

 

[RustedonEel]

Yes, well aware of Keneally's past history, and failure. Labor has form there, having previously parachuted non-locals to represent Cabramatta. Might have something to do with the assassination of a former sitting local Labor MP there in 1994...

Luckily, Id left the electorate well before then but I remember the John Newman case.

John Newman

 

[bazza]

Speaking of small target

Speaking of small targets, it seems the "mean girls" (Wong, Keneally and Gallagher) are running like AUKUS subs. Have'nt heard a beep out of them. I wonder why?

Kimberley Kitching

It seems Marles has a track record in the bullying game when you add his Chief of Staff issues.

Jo Tarnawsky

Wong and Gallagher have been on the campaign trail plenty

 

[RustedonEel]

Wong and Gallagher have been on the campaign trail plenty

Have'nt noticed.

 

[the phantom menace]

Yep, very sad. I think it left Labor (largely anglo-white Labor) a bit shell-shocked for many years. And probably in some way resulted in such "quality" candidates around that area like like Joe Tripodi and Reba Meagher....

 

[bazza]

Nothing has really surprised me both are out of the depth and whoever is in charge come may 3 it won't really solve any medium-long term issues.

I think also it is due to lack of bi-partisanship of big issues - everything has to be someone picking a side and then making it a point against the other

The last big reform that got through was the GST - though Labor ran against it but it got up
since then everything that has been tried has had a campaign against it by vested interests including

- Carbon Tax/Emissions Trading
- MRRT
- Energy policy - including nuclear, renewables and coal
- Tax reform including CGT, negative gearing and land tax
- Republic
- Indigenous Voice to Parliament

At different times the main parties supported these things - then when one side actually did something about it they used it as an opportunity to score points by blocking it

Anyone who tries something big gets a big scare campaign so the strategy is just to promise small things

 

[bazza]

Have'nt noticed.

why did you bring up that they were hiding then?

 

[bazza]

Did'nt Shorten lead the polls close to the election day?

no

 

[RustedonEel]

why did you bring up that they were hiding then?

Because I have'nt noticed them.

 

[hindy111]

Is that Sir Alex Ferguson ? FMD you need a hobby.

Lol

 

[bazza]

Because I have'nt noticed them.

hope that you have learnt something today. I guess you will have to find something new to complain about

 

[RustedonEel]

no

What? So the bloke who lost the most recent unloseable election never led in the polls?

Mamamia!!!

7 Nov 2019, 2:55pm

Want to read the review in full?​

J
By Jon Healy​

If you're keen to read the 90-page report in full, you can do just that here.

As a teaser, here's the somewhat strange way that the report kicks off...

"At 1.20pm on Wednesday 15 May, more than two days before the 2019 federal election, Sportsbet tweeted it had paid out punters who backed Labor to win. "Punters rarely get it wrong", the Sportsbet tweet continued. The next day Sportsbet declared the federal election "run and won, backing Labor into Winx-like odds of $1.16". That's an 86 per cent probability of a Labor victory.

"After a patchy early career, Winx never lost a Saturday race. But Labor did. In fact, Labor has failed to win a majority in the House of Representatives in eight out of its last nine starts. What went wrong this time? Was Labor burdened with the weight of Clive Palmer's advertising in its saddlebags? Was it nobbled by a dishonest social media scare campaign? Did News Corp cause Labor interference in running? Was it the jockey's fault? Or had Labor become complacent in the lead-up to race day?"

For as many questions as these opening paragrahps pose, they only elicit more queries from me: Is this opening supposed to appeal to those blue-collar voters they lost in the election? Is Bill Shorten the jockey or the horse in this scenario? Is Scott Morrison Winx? Why would a racehorse wear saddlebags? Can a horse really become complacent?

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

If my teeth were hauled off by some kind of barge or vessel or similar as a child, my whole life has been a lie.

Probably the Manly Fairy.

 

[bazza]

What? So the bloke who lost the most recent unloseable election never led in the polls?

Mamamia!!!

7 Nov 2019, 2:55pm

Want to read the review in full?​

​

​

J​

By Jon Healy​

If you're keen to read the 90-page report in full, you can do just that here.

As a teaser, here's the somewhat strange way that the report kicks off...


For as many questions as these opening paragrahps pose, they only elicit more queries from me: Is this opening supposed to appeal to those blue-collar voters they lost in the election? Is Bill Shorten the jockey or the horse in this scenario? Is Scott Morrison Winx? Why would a racehorse wear saddlebags? Can a horse really become complacent?

Peter Dutton was leading the polls a few weeks ago

 

[RustedonEel]

Peter Dutton was leading the polls a few weeks ago

So, did you see me cheering or carrying on? I've never been confident with polls. They've been proven useless more often than not.

 

[bazza]

So, did you see me cheering or carrying on? I've never been confident with polls. They've been proven useless more often than not.

you aren't cheering on Pete?

 

[RustedonEel]

you aren't cheering on Pete?

No, I support parties not personalities. The LNP has a huge task to win this election (requires a swing of 5+%). Add Dutton's policy f**kups, the Greens, the Teals etc and we may as well be f**king spiders. I'm surprised Sportsbet etc have'nt called it and paid out on the Labor bets (maybe they know something).

The best result, I can see, for the LNP would be a hung Parliament but we'll get no love from the minor parties.

 

[Suitman]

The best result, I can see, for the LNP would be a hung Parliament but we'll get no love from the minor parties.

Well, at least you've finally admitted that.