Hi rache,

Back in 2019 ttbn was on here singing the praises of Corny Banana and the 'Australian Conservatives'. According to tt the 'New Messiah' was among us in the form of Mr Banana, he joined up, gave over a wad of cash, was even an active member. The day of triumph for Australia's 47 million conservative voters was at hand, so ttbn thought. Soon his beloved Corny would be leading his flock into the hallowed halls of Canberra in triumph, where he would smite the red devils from within, and assume his rightful place as the new commander in chief of all he surveyed. Under conservative rule Australia would become the new land of "milk and honey". Oh! the possibilities were endless, conservatism would reign supreme for a 1000 years no less. Unfortunate things didn't quite work out as tt expected...Corny got no votes, then did a dash with the cash, leaving poor folk like ttbn in the lurch, with no messiah, no promised land, and defiantly no cash! The poor sod has been "crying in his beer" that conservatism is dead in Australia ever since. I suppose he is now waiting for the new, New Messiah to come among us. Could Old Joh, rise from the dead and lead another "Joh for Canberra" crusade, with the likes of ttbn in the vanguard, the possibilities are endless!

Rache,

"Voices in ( my) head"? "Analysts"? Did I mention analysts?

OK. You think that immigration's effect on voting/politics is conspiratorial and paranoid. I can't change that, and you will continue to believe that unless you educate yourself. Fair enough. I get it.

But: "what party is attracting membership by radical extremist groups and Pentecostals and which one is now to the right of the Liberal Party now?
Name one, please!"

You have lost me there. Could you explain?

And your outburst on the "Worrior Princess", is beyond my ken, too.

Always happy to discuss, but do try to be coherent, old chap.

I always thought on face value there was some merit in thinking that immigrants of today would have a tendency to vote left, because the right don't really support high immigration quotas or multiculturalism.

On that basis I think there is some merit in it, but I might be wrong
- And here's why -

As others pointed out to me at the time, immigrants who are religious, Muslims for example are not likely to go along with the lefts support and celebration of gay people, which may in fact lead them to vote conservative.

- So I don't really know what the truth of it is.

Paul1405

Bernardi's greatest claim to fame is that he left the Libs and formed the Australian Conservatives who also absorbed Family First yet managed to sink both parties at the same time at the following election.

Now he appears on a barely rating Sky TV show (for the moment) as an embarrassing irrelevance, spewing propaganda, echoing conspiracies and "shouting into the void" like his contemporaries.

Hi rache,

Oh! How the mighty have fallen! Yes pre 2019 ttbn was all cock-a-hoop about the prospects of the New Messiah, He was on here making all kinds of outrageous predictions concerning the imminent success of his new love, 'The Australian Conservatives', it sunk quicker than the Titanic, one of the greatest failures in Australian politics ever. These people never accept responsibility for their failures, it always, the other guys fault.

What's your opinion of Big Clive and the Palmer Party, have they now finally been consigned to the dust bin of Australian political history, or will Big Clive make another comeback and again pump millions of dollars of other peoples money into failed politics.

What about the gangreens Mr Dinner tally?

Disappeared off the face of the map.