I firmly believe in the presumption of innocence
and a fair trial as the right of all
Australian citizens. Politicians, making derogatory
statements that prejudge a person and take away this
right is inexcusable as they should know better. Due
process must be allowed to take place. What has happened
in the case of Craig Thomson could be legal grounds for
a mis-trial.

I was just listing to the nightly news on radio Kazakhstan, when I hear this
"It has been announced in far off Republic of Australia, (we think not near Kazakhstan, but check later) by supreme president Mr Julia Gilleyardski that he as supreme leader of all republic has made a 'captains pick' and new man Mr Craig Thompski (with name like Thompski could be from Kazakhstan, we check later) will be new top dog in Labour Party Senate in Northern Territory of Australia (also not near Kazakhstan). The supreme president said this was necessary as in the 257 year history of party, although there had been many rats and other animals in the senate from party, (this senate must be some kind of zoo, we check later) but the party had never had big skunk as Thompski in senate, so black person who got job before can "go frow a boomerang" (we check later if this frow boomerang be hostile act against Kazakhstan, if it is hostile act we tell Mr Gilleyardski we have very big bomb in Kazakhstan so you better not put boomerang thing here or we get you).
I find radio Kazakhstan very informative on politics in Australia, all most as informative as Rup's Daily Telegraph.

Gentlemen please,
For Mr. Thompson it really doesn't matter whether he is guilty or not. His days as a public figure are finished and probably his income too. That is unless Labor manage to pull off a miracle and then he no doubt will finish up as the Ambassador to the US or even the Vatican.
Regardless of whatever eventuates the stench is too great to ignore and the Australian public will require a 'cleansing'. I hope Mr Abbott has lots of Saniclor.
Personally, and I mean personally, I believe that if the conservatives do win the election they should immediately set up a Royal Commission into the socialist left.
CG

- hate campaign run by Labor?
Lexi,
that & their incompetence/ignorance is not consistent with the original Labor Doctrine, on the contrary.

'I believe that if the conservatives do win the election they should immediately set up a Royal Commission into the socialist left.

problem will be finding judges who are indoctrinated with socialist left idealogy. That is why the RC into sexual abuse ignores where it happens the most.

Lexi,

I too firmly believe in the right in court to the presumption of innocence. However, I am unaware that this right to the presumption of innocence extends out of the criminal court. It certainly does not even extend to the civil court. Labor is trying to get us to believe that these Labor crooks should be treated as pure as the driven snow until they are finally convicted and Labor has put as much distance as possible from them.

Labor of course does not extend this courtesy to members of the opposition where in their hate campaign they accuse Abbott and others of all sorts of misdeeds without a shred of evidence and on innuendo.