sonofgloin,

"Ignorance and bigotry evident on forums such as this Poirot?"

Yup - wall to wall some days.

We watch as you all feed upon each others' fears and prejudices and work yourselves up into a lather of loathing disproportionate to the situation in which you live.

Dear Poirot, why will you not answer my question to you. Is it because at some point in the scenarios I proffered you would say enough is enough. Or am I completely wrong and you would not allow a freedom of speech such as this forum to come under the control of a zealot religious cult such as Islam.

If Sharia comes in you will end up dressed in a sack..............lololololol

sonofgloin,

"If Sharia comes in you will end up dressed in a sack..............lololololol"

Yep...that's about the class of debate around here. This is the sort of immature claptrap that is regurgitated on forums like this day in and day out.

You are welcome to your freedom of speech, sonofgloin - that it comes over as if you're about fifteen years-old and attempting to impress your oafish mates on facebook is beside the point, I reckon : )

Banjo,

You're talking sense and I agree with what you say, but I just had to get that in about Dr.Albert Dryer, he was a good friend of my Irish grandfather and my father and I first met him in about 1953.

Poirot,
Yes it was Abbott who was after Pauline, trying to find dirt. This was after the Labor Mayor of Brisbane (forgot his name) had a go.

But Abbott and Beattie colluded to have her charged and it was Beattie that decided not to reimburse her the electoral funding and not compensate for her wrongful jailing and legal costs.

I have had little time for Abbott because of this and have never supported him personally. The only thing I have said is that he did prevent us from an ETS by standing against Turnbull and maybe that is worth some brownie points. But he should have stopped muslim immigration and rejected multiculturalism outright.

The major parties leave much to be desired, particularly in the best interests for Australia. Turnbull will give Aus to the muslims by increasing their influence.

We need other parties like ALA to hold the majors in check. Our grandkids future is at stake here.

Banjo,

Yes, I surmise that both majors were a little shell-shocked at Hanson's meteoric political rise.

Strangely, it seems I can converse with you even though we hold opposing views - good eh!

So you might be interested in this article on why the radical right has failed to take hold in Australia thus far:

Quite an interesting analysis.

"Why the radical right has failed in Australia

A Liberal-One Nation coalition government wouldn't be a fantasy if Australia had taken a similar path to Europe towards the radical right."

"Australians these days think of Hanson as a blip, but at the time she was a major threat to the mainstream. The reasons her party failed were many, but bad organisation was one. Another was the reaction of the Liberal Party that (after some hesitation) condemned the messenger while incorporating part of her message."

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/why-the-radical-right-has-failed-in-australia-20151120-gl3o4q.html#ixzz3srqDg1t9