As you say, Foxy;

>>> it's no longer necessary to keep your word, so it
would seem. <<<

As it was with the "never, ever GST". Sheesh, what is it when Labor does a back-flip - it's deemed outrageous doom and gloom, but if the Libs do a major turn-round (AKA lie) - 'business as usual'.

SM (Julie Bishop?)

Give it a rest, all your focus on real and imagined faults of Labor achieves is reminding people of the 11 years of real and imagined faults by the Liberals.

And boring us to death - maybe that's your plan; boring freethinkers to death.

CORE AND NON CORE PROMISES!

Umm, Shadow Minister, the Liberals LOST the election. Abbott grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory; he failed. Abbott went back on his word with the independents.

I know it's hard for you accept, but Labor WON the election, the government has the majority of seats, and Labor had the majority 2 party preferred vote.

Oh yes, and did I say "Abbott went back on his word"?

That's worth repeating:

Abbott went back on his word.

Is Abbott's word worth absolutely nothing? You bet!

You could have started a topic called "Abbott's word is worth absolutely nothing", or, "Gillard's and Abbott's word is worth absolutely nothing". But you didn't, and we all know why! Spell this word backwards, llort. It applies to you and the type of threads Graham allows you to start.

I deliberately used exactly the same words that Julia Gillard used when Tony Abbot pulled out the pairing agreement. Having just broken her word, Julia cannot escape the obvious hypocrisy of her words.

For those "free thinkers" that want to draw a parallel with the GST, the fact that Howard waited for the next election and took it to the vote, and the voters gave him the mandate to proceed. So the GST while a backflip, was not a deliberate lie to the voters. The carbon tax is.

Foxy this forum is no longer one for debate on politics, sorry but recent events clearly show some views are unwanted here.
Last post in a thread about politics here.
SM has that market covered .
Lets be non confrontational and right too,, neutrality is needed if we are to rebut threads that deliberately miss use the simple fact both sides do not have the power to do as they promised not as if it is not understood but that is a tool being used to miss lead here.
Confrontation based on one eyed bias is best left alone,
We, some of the 2pp who did not vote for conservatives have been taunted and trolled lets find non political things to talk of without fear,,,in less than a year this confrontational ism will be proven to be wrong.
Only further warnings,, may be exile,, will come our way trying to talk on this subject here.
I would, please, like to know forums that are free to all ideas and we could remain here not talking politics.
Shadow to you I say enjoy your self, but know I am happily waiting for your side to fall on its own falsehoods.

Dear Belly,

You're absolutely spot on.

We're only giving Shadow Minister a
platform, by responding to his threads.

That's a mistake on our part and it's
time we stopped.

If no one responded to what he posted -
his postings would be about as effective
as yelling abuse in a blizzard.