You're a hoot, SM.

You spend a great deal of time on this forum in near hysterics over "allegations" and "innuendo", pronouncing people guilty of this and that in the absence of court judgments.

Here we have a court judgment that finds one of your side to be a conspirator in a case that is thrown out as an abuse of the court...and what do you do.....?

Since you're such a full bottle on the subject of political ethics and corruption, tell me more about the ethics of Mr Brough?

Keep it up, - your contortions are fascinating.

Poirot what you said.
Exactly what you said.
For all the times I left briefly over SM, and MANY OTHERS TOO we ignored a simple truth.
SM has no intention of ever even considering a fault in his side.
Be grateful, not all in his party are like that, some very honest very brave individuals can be found there, about ten klms, to the left of SM but still Liberal.
This CONSPIRACY will not go away.
It will black this dysfunctional tribe within a team, Abbott,s lost tribe currently in control of LIBERALISM.
This I know, even if it hurts, true Liberalism, will return, it will for a while make Labors task hard.
But with its return will force reform for Labor.
Again I a criminal SM once said here in print!will be told of his superior intellect.
It may well be so, as it must be new and unused, I have not seen it in use ever.
No person who so willingly stabs his opponent but refuses to see wrong in his camp is in truly of use to those he supports.
*UNLESS HE/SHE IS UNCONCERNED ABOUT HONESTY.
PS
when will others start new threads?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/peter-slipper-plot-linked-to-top-of-liberal-national-party/story-e6frgczx-1226409627174
A telling link.
It questions SM and his teams front bench.
It brings the pursuit of Gillard, for things not yet proved,17 years ago under the spotlight.
How can it be.
SM his team, telling of how shocked they are, at the muck raking in this case!
You just MUST laugh
Never in my life have so many dirty hands tried to hide than this.
2 full years that has seen every day bring new charges against the government.
Now a COURT RULING is being ignored?

Poirot, Belly,

Wind your necks in. This was a dirty trick. It used the court process to release documents that would normally be protected by privacy, exposing Slipper to all and making his position as speaker untenable.

However, bribing Slipper with the speaker's chair was also a far dirtier trick. Slipper changing his allegiance for money was vile, and I think after this he would be lucky to get a position as local dog catcher.

Don't forget the fiasco where Labor notified the tent embassy of where Abbott was etc

SM I am proud off you!~
Until you got to the bit about LABOUR informing those fools at the shanty town you name,as they do embassy!
ROTFL!
Yes Australia needs, and should demand, a full investigation in to the union movement.
It should be openly supported by the beneficiary UNIONS.
Yes Labors past filth, some surviving very well thank you.
Are under investigation, and hopefully will spend time in prison.
Only from within, the ALP, can honest open reform come.
NEEDED REFORMS ARE
Power brokers, get rid of them, from the party if that is what it takes
Solidarity
see that word propped up the Sussex Street mafia, got a trouble maker key to Rudd,s knifing a job with Kerry Packer!
My twin movements must reform,lock in safeguards to see we never swim in this sulege pit again.
AND those who plotted to GET SLIPPER, who ignored his long time poor behavior and time after time put him back on their team.
Time to front up,Australia will benefit the Liberals too for every one of these constrictors who is forced out of politics.
No issue Labor is facing is other than the same as the
*Slipper Gate Conspiracy*

Actually there's an interesting bit in the judgment about a series of text messages between Ashby and Slipper:

"On 10 October 2011, Mr Slipper and Mr Ashby exchange text messages in which each referred to Brough in terms of vulgar and sexualised abuse. The exchange related to a YouTube video concerning Mr Brough that Mr Ashby had just launched on Mr Slipper's behalf. At one point Mr Ashby introduces the suggestion that Mr Slipper could become speaker."

It goes on to provide the text messages where Slipper at one point asks Ashby: "Where did you get the idea that I could become speaker?"

Sm - you are still spinning.

Are you trying to tell us that, oh yes it was very naughty of Ashby to let out all that private banter - but that's where it ends?

The fact that Ashby and Doane colluded with Brough to bring down the speaker on behalf of Brough and the LNP means nothing to you. If Labor had pulled this stunt, you would be having apoplexy in your denunciation of such a scheme (although doing stupidy stupidy things like this appears to be purely the province of the LNP.....and they continue it with their backing of Brough!)

This is not a Warner Bros cartoon - and it was not a "dirty trick" - it was a scandalous abuse of the process of court for personal and political gain by all involved