Democracy at work Runner, or don't you religous fundamentalists believe in democracy.

Now that their complicity in the Ashby claim is becoming more apparent, the next problem for the Libs will be explaining their role in the Thomson affair and finally a "test of character" for Abbott himself when he explains his role is establishing his own "slush fund" to attack One Nation and the blatant lies he was caught out on afterwards.

Who were the 12 "faceless donors" and what happened to the money?

An investigation into the subsequent political influence placed onto the Australian Electoral Commission not to pursue this matter could also be warranted.

This is typical of their sleazy strategy but they can't hide behind their media cronies forever.

All the proven and documented facts about these matters may not be mentioned in the Main Stream Media but others have been known in the blogosphere for months.

Abbott's gloss is starting to wear off and it's time people reconsidered allowing these lying, conniving and unprincipled thugs to take over the running of the country.

Gillard may indeed lose the next election but she owes it to the nation to expose the whole truth about the alternative, particularly if she has nothing left to lose.

Here we go again, nothing learnt from the last 2 elections being run by silly focus groups.

Enough already, Gillard was not in the AWU you nongs, therefore she could not get any damn money from the so-called fund.

Graham Young's account tells what his survey said about public reaction, and his necessarily quick surveys of the shifting scene are a uniquely valuable contribution to Australian life.

Because the surveys are put together rapidly, and because they have to follow the narrative of previous surveys, their results may occasionally be misleading.

Surveying whether respondents thought Gillard did wrong or did right back in 1993 can miss the point that respondents simply don't know because they don't know the facts.

One thing everyone does know, and to which we all need to give careful thought in considering the credentials of the Opposition, is that a decade after the AWU triviality the government in which the current Opposition were implicated up to their necks LIED OUR COUNTRY INTO WAR. Maybe the current government holds back on shouting that from the housetops because Kevin Rudd publicly echoed the same lies though stopping short of demanding aggression.

And now their Ashby-Slipper lies are seeing the light of day.

runner,

I can assure you that if you take the time to read the judgment, you will find that most of it is easy to follow and devoid of legal jargon.

Poirot

'I can assure you that if you take the time to read the judgment, you will find that most of it is easy to follow and devoid of legal jargon. '

and so Slippers vile text messages were made up I take it? Strange how you feminist ignore misogyny when it suits your cause. We should not be surprised by the feminist double standards being displayed. Ms Gillard has displayed this quality consistently.