Poirot, look who's in bed together! There is Belly in the center, Tony on the right, and SPQR on the far right, no one wants to be on the left. LOL.

Now for the important issue of the day. The Girl Guides have gone commie and ditched God and the Queen. As one 11 year old Bolshe guide said "all I want to do is go camping and win badges."
That kind of attitude wont be tolerated. Get a job girly!
Thankfully the Queen has reacted with her usual decorum and awarded Wills the Royal Order of the Potted Plant or something. Thanks be to God.

Paul,

"...The girl Guides have gone commie and ditched God and the Queen..."

Well, Hurrumph to that!

In that case, I'm sure SPQR will waste no time in handing in his resignation.

: )

A little music to lighten things up—just for you Paul

Ten green sen'tors sitting in de house
If a double d election the PM she did call
By 8PM on countin night that ten to nine would fall

Nine green sen'tors sitting in de house
If a double d election the PM she did call
By 9PM on countin night that nine to eight would fall

Eight green sen'tors sitting in de house
If a double d election the PM she did call
By 10 PM on countin night that eight to seven would fall

Seven green sen'tors sitting in de house
If a double d election the PM she did call
By 11PM on countin night that seven to six would fall

And so on and so on …hopefully down to zero!

Comrade Paul [sarcasm but true] as you and I hold the view the other is wrong/lost/needs help, do you agree one of us is wrong?
Not such an easy question for one such as you.
Here is the real danger,a true unquestionable one.
Without SOME relationship with big business NO PARTY WILL EVER GOVERN.
See read fear my link in the Gina thread, then her dads politics history.
Greens could not do more harm to middle Australia if LIBERALS INVENTED THEM to do the job.
Poirot, yes Labor is at an all time low.
Gillard is its name!
Those who put the knife in her hand, are afraid and unwilling to return my party to its rank and file.
Australia waits to tell Abbott enough!
But is unwilling to reward Mrs Mac the knife!
A vote for the dieing greens is inflicting very long term Liberal government on us all.
Last, tell me I am wrong, 88% of Australians do not want the greens.

There is nothing undemocratic about the Upper House. There may well be better options for a voting system to elect it. It is not controlled by the Greens or Shooters. In the NSW Parliament and in the Federal one, it so happens that Labor plus minor parties combined would make up the majority of MPs elected there by voters. Liberal/ Nationals plus minor parties would also make up the majorities there. By far the greatest control rests with the Liberal and Labor party MPs. Any time they vote together on what is good for NSW, they will get it through. Either something is good for our state or country or bad for it. On 80% of policy Liberal/Nationals & Labor could agree and pass it. That they don't, indicates that it is not necessarily what is good for the people, state or country that interests politicians. Voters themselves can make a huge difference to what is done if they campaign to influence all MPs, forgetting party prejudices.We have much more power than the minor parties. We just don't use it!

I a member of the ALP find it hard to agree Voterland.
Recently shooters party combined with Lib/Nats to sell NSW power.
Not for the benefit of NSW.
But in return for a deal I see as against the interests of NSW.
Shooting in national parks.
We have seen a man camping in such a park have his dog shot, two deaths by shooting.
And few would even be aware the Ferrel animals are subject to National parks workers safely shooting now.
For minor, some times single member party's,to be able to gain such actions for selling any pretense at fair balanced action sickens me.
Greens are wastrels.
The power their 12% give them is unused, it in effect has only one impact.
It leaves unresolved issues to be handled by Conservatives with no other inputs.