Recent Comments
Monthly Archives: January 2012
A No-Confidence Motion? It Won’t Succeed…This Week…
The open rumour today is that the Opposition will move a motion of no-confidence in the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives next week, potentially terminating the current Labor government. It either won’t happen, or it will fail. This … Continue reading
The Sick Truth About Australia Day, And What It Means
So…48 hours after Australia Day, a few things have become very clear; this despicable episode has ultimately taken a disgraceful turn, and far from being the hero of the day on account of her conduct, Julia Gillard is ultimately responsible … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Aborigines, Australia Day, Australian politics, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, politics, Tent Embassy, Tony Abbott, Tony Hodge
7 Comments
Australia Day Outrage: Shut The So-Called “Tent Embassy”
One of the most despicable episodes of so-called public protest in recent times occurred in Canberra today; images of the Prime Minister being manhandled into her car by bodyguards and Federal Police to get away from a throng of violent … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Aborigines, Australian politics, Julia Gillard, politics, Tony Abbott
33 Comments
Flipping The Bird: Angry Wilkie Dumps Gillard
“That Sir which serves and seeks to gain/ And follows but for form/ Will pack when it begins to rain/ And leave Thee in the storm.” – from King Lear, by William Shakespeare At the risk of mixing metaphors — … Continue reading
Gingrich Easily Wins South Carolina Republican Primary
In a stunning two-week turnaround, final figures from the Republican primary election that took place overnight, AEDT, show former House Speaker Newt Gingrich trouncing purported frontrunner, Mitt Romney, recording about 41% of votes cast to 28% for Romney. Former Congressman … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, politics, Primary, Republican Party, Rick Santorum, South Carolina, US Politics
1 Comment
2012 Queensland State Election: Some Early Thoughts
With the starter’s gun certain to be fired in the next week or so to begin a campaign almost guaranteed to terminate the ALP’s generational hold on the Sunshine State, I want to look at some aspects of the lead-up … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Anna Bligh, Australian Labor Party, Campbell Newman, Elections, LNP, opinion polls, politics, Queensland Politics
2 Comments
Back In The Saddle! First Poll for 2012 — Essential, 54-46 Coalition
Happy New Year! Before we get back into it, I would like to wish all of my readers and Twitter followers a safe and prosperous 2012…and so here we are: The Red And The Blue, barring illness or impediments like … Continue reading
Republican Primary In Iowa: More Questions Than Answers
The long, convoluted campaign to select a challenger to US President Barack Obama in November’s election was kicked off in earnest by the Republican Party in Iowa this week; the results of that first primary throw mud into the water, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged GOP, Iowa, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, Newt Gingrich, politics, Republican Party, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, US Politics
Leave a comment
