Something that is undeniable when one looks at the stats, and the government responses to the Cornoavirus world wide, the greatest failures among the Western democracies are those governments led by conservatives. In Britain where the outcome is now the worst in Europe, the government of Bug Ridden Boris has been a complete failure. In the United states the conservative government of Dangerous Doctor Donald is a disaster. In Australia, NSW under the leadership of Gladys has been the worse performer of all states and territories, as it was with the bushfires.

The problem with conservatives is, in an emergency they get the priorities wrong, they are to conservative. Then at best they are reactive, when they need to be proactive, Boris and Donald are prime examples of conservative failures. What no country needs in a time of crises is a conservative government.

Paul it is a little different in the US. There it is state governors who control the health system in their state, & the closing of boarders between states, not the president. Actually mayors of cities can go their own way, so it is the democrat management of New York city & state you should be blaming for the worse result in the US.

Do you remember when Trump banned flights from China, he was labeled a racist by the democrats? No I thought you would conveniently forget that.

I agree it is hard to believe that the UK can still have open boarders, but that is the recommendation of their highest bureaucratic medical establishment. "Yes minister" is still very much the fact in UK today.

So. Paul agrees with me that Morrison and his motley crew are not conservatives, and that's why socialists think they have done such a jolly good job of handling the China virus, handing out other people's money, and wrecking the economy.

"Paul agrees with me that Morrison and his motley crew are not conservatives," AND ain't we lucky for that small mercy ttbn.

"Trump banned flights from China" Yes he did Hassy. Was that because of the virus, or was it an opportunity to have a go at China. He also said the coronavirus was nothing more than the flu, the problem would go away by Easter, and drinking disinfectant might be a good idea. Your hero does not have much going for him, does he.

As the soup kitchens dry up, and the death toll rises in the land of the free, and the home of the brave, Dangerous Doctor Donald is ordering Americas working poor back into the sweat shops in a desperate attempt to restore diminishing corporate profits at the expense of the lives of the poorest in the country. With no socialistic safety net like we have in Australia, Americas poor are doomed!

Paul,

Now you admit that the Morrison government is not conservative, who are you going to blame for everything you disagree with. You can no longer blame conservatism for the country's woes because there are no conservatives with any power, apart from One Nation, and that has very little influence through sheer lack of numbers. We are lousy with the Left, so to speak, so you have lost your whipping boys. Where to now, Paul?

ttbn, what makes you think One Nation is conservative? I find them radical, if they were to assume power, I would expect many radical changes would follow. Your hero Corny Banana tried to launch a conservative political party in Australia, but it just wouldn't fly. Some of the true believers, like yourself, got burnt fingers. I hope you donated the full $10,000 to help out.