Shadow, you once proudly boasted you had never been a member of a union in your life. So what would you know about a union meeting?

CM in all fairness, one of the biggest misnomers in modern Australian politics is the concept of left and right, I much prefer to think of politics in the terms of Moderates on one side and Extremists on the other. Given the generally healthy economic and social conditions that exist there is little room for any kind of radicalism to gain a foothold.
What is the issue, its never should the liberal democratic process we have in place be overturned and replaced, that would be extreme. Rather we argue about priorities and what emphases should be put on what. The main differences in politics is not what ends are desirable, but how we achieve those ends. Can anyone name just one true radical in the Coalition or Labor parties, who after all are the ones who will govern us.

Paul1405,
I think it might be against the Law to name people in that context, especially on a forum.

The answer Indy is there are no radicals within either party, I might malign many on the conservative side of politics, Barnyard Joy for example, but old Barney's no radical, unless a goose can be a radical.

Last election I worked in the Kingsford-Smith electorate, the two leading candidates were Matt Thistlethwaite Labor and Professor Michael Feneley Liberal. Both top blokes well known to me, and deserving of a seat in parliament. There can be only one winner and Matt got the nod. Talking extensively with both, you soon realise their similarities outweigh their differences. In my opinion they could swap parties and who would know the difference.

Same goes for the local party members, get on well with all, doing pre-polls the biggest issue is who's turn it is to get the coffees from the cafe down the street. One morning I even donated a packet of Iced Vo Vo's biscuits to the causes of socialism and capitalism. Fellas who share Iced Vo Vo's can't be all that philosophically different.

*To paraphrase Orwell- In a time of universal change- traditionalism is an extremist act

CM with respect that tells us nothing, and could be questioned
Some times using others words out of context is wasteful
Paul has it right
Yes there are some who want radicals, they are few
We are about to see here and in America, a reaction to right wing getting it wrong
After the election here we will see the masses, not the edges, have said enough
Then forced to see true Conservatives galloped away from their base, true small l Liberalism will make a return
America, right now the polls have very much turned on Trump
His petulant wish for his wall, is feeding a revival in the Democrat's

there are no radicals within either party,
Paul1405,
Ok, let's change the description. Instead of radical let's use massively costly for nothing.