Dear Arjay,

Then who else is there? They're all for the "big end
of town." But at least Malcolm Turnbull is prepared to
cross the floor on certain issues and negotiate for the good
of the nation.

Belly, I have to disagree with you. I certainly don't think that
Abbott should be running the country, the Libs need some new
talent to come up from the backbenches.

I certainly would not blame all mistakes on Gillard, for of course
there is a whole team there, many who have made mistakes. But
at the end of the day she is hamstrung by the weak Govt, having
to pander to the Greens and independants. I still think that
she is better then Rudd.

At the moment we have a lot of divisive issues, from the carbon tax
to asylum seekers. And yes the press play up everything. I've
just watched the news about the so called ban live exports demo.
The figures quoted for Sydney were between 400 and 1000. All the
old animal activist faces there, like Mark Pearson and others.
But 1000 people out of a Sydney population of 5 million or whatever,
is hardly a huge number. More like just the normal rabble.

Dear Yabby,

Well said!

Even better news Lexi, which you might not hear in the East,
but in Perth, farmers doing their own chanting, outnumbered the protesters :)

Dear Yabby,

That is excellent news!

Oh please, let's not even consider Rudd returning to the leadership! That would be a backward step indeed.
I will join Lexi in her preferences, and return to the Liberal fold, only when Turnbull is at the helm.

At least he won't allow any religious beliefs to cloud his judgement like the Abbott does.
I don't care if Turnbull is 'elitist' or not, because he is a very clever, well educated man, and we need smart people at the top.

Yabby, I applaud the farmers for there brave stance here in the West, but it is all a little too late isn't it?
The live export trade has already been stopped.

They should have stood up and spoke out against animal cruelty towards there own exported cattle long ago.
Then we wouldn't be in this mess...