Marty_d

That's my thoughts too @rgmwa. Everything this administration says is a lie, why would they start telling the truth now.

Does your mate know he's in for all this work, or will it be a surprise? 😄

Actually I support centre left.

That's all well and good, Willie, but it misses the point. Making a protest vote may be a way of expressing frustration or disenchantment with the major parties. But that vote has an impact, and the impact is to potentially replace a major party with a party that has no costed, valid policies, is chock full of despicable people, led by a racist opportunist, and financially supported by people who have very illiberal beliefs who will expect a return on their investment. If people truly wanted to improve how parliament works, they would research the policy positions and backgrounds of independents, and support the campaign of a good one. Simply lashing out won't work. The object lesson from the US showed that. Are the people in the Rust Belt better off now? They voted to "drain the swamp" but elected the biggest alligator around. You can call me "small minded" for considering anyone who votes for ON an idiot, or at best ignorant. That's fine. But I will maintain that voting against your own interests is not the most intelligent thing to do.

I really hope he invented the persona, I'd hate to think there was someone who actually held those views. Good on you @octave and others for trying to explain the self-evident facts, but I think it's a lost cause.

That's distressing news. I thought as a population we had enough sense to avoid right wing populists.

Yeah we know what Americans are like, bombing schools and killing 160 kids.

You do realise that's something made up by Trump because his fragile ego can't accept that the majority of people on earth think he's an absolute c**t?

Forking on my crust? Seems uncomfortable

PLEASE let him try that. Even from the roof of the white house.

I think it shows that he's just as useless at maths as everything else.

Source? Sounds fake. Even for the US

Absolute shite. Trump couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

What a start to Easter... Had to clean a 30kg fatberg out of our grease trap this morning. Probs should clear it more often... 😄

Now that I agree with whole heartedly. A strong opposition is essential to keep the government performing. However the LNP has lost their way and forgotten that if they ever want to be in government again, they need to recapture the centre, not the lunatic fringe. But yes ON are who I'm hoping will implode quickly. Given the quality of their candidates, it shouldn't be long.