I do however, now see that Slipper in spite of Juliar's wishes has done the correct thing and stepped aside. It would be amazing if Juliar would do the honourable thing and send Thomson to the cross benches.

Dear SM,

Another correction :-

Mr Slipper is an Independent Member of the House of Reps,
representing the Division of Fisher, Queensland. He
became an Independent upon his election as Speaker in
2011.

As for your questioning the integrity of the Prime Minister,
coming from you, who is a one-eyed supporter of Mr Abbott
and the Liberal Party - that is quite charming.
Reminds me of all the charm and wit of three men -
Larry, Curly, and Moe!

Dear runner,

You have some funny ideas about "balance," as we all
know from your posts on so many issues.

The reason Rob Oakeshott never took the position as speaker, was because he would no longer be independent, and his vote would be permanently tied to Labor.

Juliar in supporting and protecting Thomson has made her lack of integrity clear, as she did when she did nothing to remove Slipper. Her dirty deal with Slipper has come back to bite her on the Rs, cementing her position of untrustworthiness in the voter's minds.

Federal labor has all the hallmarks of NSW labor before it collapsed. Corrupt and incompetent.

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/04/22/1226335/663835-120423-bill-leak.jpg

This sums it up splendidly.

You labor supporters (die hards) amaze me (belly excluded) in that you simply will not accept that our curent parliament is quite simply, unworkable.

As for 579's comment about me linking this to the carbon tax, he/she knows full well I was responding to another poster on that topic.

Talk about desperation.

We all know where all the desperation is coming from Butch. State and federal issues are 2 different things. NSW is now without med services after dark.
CN doesn't know what to do next. 4% unemployment unheard off.
Julia now has an orchid named in her honor.
And all you are interested in is the carbon tax.
When will you say anything positive.
The noalition is desperately trying to hang something on the govt; after a disastrous week of trying to talk economics.
Keep both eyes open and you may see something.