One of the "independents", Allegra Spender, could not tell Chris Kenny what difference her 'climate action' would make to the actually climate; and she praised China for its efforts on emissions reductions, ignoring Kenny's comments that China's emissions were increasing all the time. She just kept grinning maniacally, spluttering, and waving her soft little hands around.

Gol danged, Foxy, you all is larned.

As an aside, I’ve had friends who visited the States and when in the Appalachians got so frustrated with the locals not understanding them that they resorted to ‘ Gomer Pile’ English, only to be asked “Whyan’t ye speak lark thet alla th’ time, so’s we kin unnerstan ye?

Is Mise,

The US today is very different from the US I remember.
But perhaps I was in an isolated bubble and was not
exposed to nor saw the underlying strife that we see
today. I am glad to be back home.

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I was pleased to be able to contribute to the removal of Scomo and Dutton from office by voting at the embassy here in Paris last Thursday – though I can’t say I have a great deal of confidence in the people I voted for either.

It was a vote by elimination I’m afraid.

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A bit of pork barrelling from the local LNP member, $4 million for the soccer club, where he is an active member. I'm not saying they are not deserving, but to make such a commitment off the bat, seems unfair.

American economist and writer, Thomas Sowell, visiting Australia in the 1990s, said, "Much of the social history of the Western world (including Australia) over the past three decades has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good"