Come, come, Poirot and Foxy, you obviously don't know the law in the manner that our most learned friend does. It took hours and hours of painstakingly watching TV crime and courtroom drama before SM was qualified to pass legal judgments. Heck, I know for a fact he watched every episode of 'Rumpole of the Bailey' twice, even watching it backwards. I too was once cynical about Shadows legal qualifications, believing he had got them out of a 'Cornflakes' pack, Shadow has corrected me on that, in fact it was a 'Ricebubbles' packet, so there.

Regardless of the findings of some menial judge, in some inferior lower court in Canberra, our very own (Labor) hanging judge, the lord protector of all things Liberal, his excellency, the forums Chief Justice, our very own Judge Jeffreys, aka Shadow Minister, has delivered his verdict from upon high!

Rudd, guilty as charged, Gillard guilty as charged, Shorten guilty as charged, Slipper guilty as charged! guilty, guilty, guilty. And, as you know there can be but one sentence passed upon such villainous blaggards! etc etc of of course etc. Shadow will carry out the sentence of the court, he is also chief prosecutor and the courts executioner.

p/s To show SM is not biased, and does have a heart, Bronnie, the court fines you not guilty, you may go free with the blessing of the court.

Paul1405,

The Greens new leadership might be better served by trying to show clean air between the Greens and others on the use of politicians' entitlements, rather than by joining in the Jackasses in their chorus for a ritual burning at the stake, so that the remainder of the Parliament are Scott-free to go about their business as usual, getting their share of those entitlements and stretching the envelope as they do so.

Most are cynically protecting self-interest by having the older woman as the whipping boy and sacrifice required to shove the whole smelly issue of entitlements under the carpet.

The tabloid hacks of 2015, the forever-angry ABC ones too, would embarrass any of the worst fools reporting current affairs back years ago. They would make the late Richard Carlton seem Award material, even while dead.

They're still at it. Relevance long out the window. The floor's awash.

Foxy,

Talking of thuggery, just look at the brutality of those accusing Abbott.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/tony-abbott-greg-sheridan-and-the-1977-aus-conference-a-political-baptism-of-fire/story-e6frg8h6-1227455780155

"One of the most serious incidents concerned one of our Newcastle supporters, a woman named Anne. One night, after a series of unpleasant scuffles, I had gone across the road to bed in the Catholic college where Tony and I were staying. One of the delegates went over to Anne and said quietly to her: “We’ll do you in tonight. You’ll get yours.”

Tony and another Democratic Club member from Sydney escorted Anne, who was quite frightened by the threat, back to her room in one of the halls of residence. Two men approached and told her she was lucky they hadn’t got her that night, but there would be another time. Then four or five more men came up and Tony and Anne and the other Democrat started running. Anne made it back to her room; Tony was attacked in the corridor, with several of the Maoists kicking him and one threatening him with a beer bottle.

In an act of extraordinary bravery, Anne came out of her room and tried to stop the assault. She was spat on and abused in the foulest language. She was pushed about and bruised. As they left, the attackers told Anne what would happen to her later. Anne and Tony went back to the ­conference and lodged a formal complaint. At first they were laughed at, although Anne had broken down and was crying. Finally, AUS set up an examination, decided that nothing much had happened and of course no one on the left was censured, much less expelled. ­Taking a high profile against the left exposed people to danger."

Emperor Julian,

As we know, one of the complaints against the Speaker is that "relevance" means nothing to her when the govt is holding the floor.

It's quite obvious from Shadow Minister's last post that it means nothing to him as well....

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