Oh the wymen blame Bill alright. Something something middle aged white male.
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Cos you know had they had say the member for Sydney running the show they would have romped it in Capricornia or Lindsay.
And that is all she wrote
Antony Green has spoken
Incredible that it has gone from Labor romping it in and sportsbet paying out to Libs forming a majority government.
Maybe being less like bullies and less arrogant would have helped Labor.
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Iâm not ignoring it. But the analysis should be centred around a) adani b)economic vulnerability of the area c) one nation and Palmer.
Itâs not some Howard era silent majority in the burbs effect. I canât be bothered tallying it up, but Iâd be surprised if labor didnât hold more surburban seats than the liberals. The coalition is in power because they totally dominate rural seats not because of the burbs.
Fark, remember when Abbott said the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull invented the internet in Australia. â â â , almost Trumpian in its fakeness. Fact check that one please.
I didnt say Abbott was smart, just reminded people it was Turnbull when communication minister that gutted the NBN.
I thought the results in NSW were telling.
Labor arent selling the solutions to peoples woes.
It was standard ALP.
Money on schools and hospitals. That doesnt resonate, it just panders to the ALP base. Who vote en masse for Labor every election anywayâŚ
And just like Phelps was a by election wonder. Steggall will be the same as simply a mechanism for dumping Abbott.
The Liberals enjoyed some swings in Sydneys West as well.
Then there is Tassie.
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Donât quibble about 4-5 seats.
I ( and everyone) expected Labor to win, there were so many reasons why they should have destroyed the Coalition.
Labor should have won by a landslide in a generational win.
It is a massive failure to seize the moment. Massive.
Its really not a mandate for the coalition for anything. Its a mandate that Shorten was a poor politician strategically and tactically.
Turnbull, under Abbott, and youâre admonishing ALP voters over this becauseâŚ?
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She is simply a wrecking ball. Sort of a female Mark Latham but fortunately not the leader of any party but her own.
It was more on the result in Bass and Braddon.
Lambie is a much better voice for middle Australia than Pauline.
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Yep.
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Under protest (but he didnât resign so you canât shift all the blame to Abbott/the treasurer/finance minister/Cabinet).
Abbott is smart when given time to thinkâŚ
When ges caught shooting his mouth of, the â â â â â â â â rises to the surface.
Astute politician otherwise.
Actually, I guess I better get used to things done by the Liberals being the ALPâs fault, given theyâll have been in power for nine years by the next election.
The people living in the country despise city folk.
If you live in the burbs you can have a 10 minute long hot shower every day of the week. Turn on the tap and out it comes. Taken for granted. Eat the nice rib eye, drink the $2 a litre milk in your latte, while theres a good chance the bank will foreclose on the family farm because of the drought. Its much tougher out there and no one wants to live out there any more.
In the end the milk and rib eyes will all be produced by multinationals who will not pay their fair share of tax.
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That doesnât really explain why Ballarat and Bendigo are so different to Bundaberg and Townsville.
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Joe Bjelke-Peterson thatâs all the explanation you need.
Itâs actually not.
Gerrymandering?
Dementia?
A very weird run for PM without a party?