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12.10am. ABC computer had Swan as Liberal gain earlier tonight, but it’s tightened.
11.54pm. Forgot about Paterson: turned out a narrow Liberal win.
11.46pm. Macarthur’s 58-year reign as a bellwether is now over. It is now officially Eden-Monaro.
11.37pm. 5.2 per cent in Victoria could have yielded Labor nothing, so they should be pleased with Deakin and Corangamite.
11.36pm. ACT: with no Senate boilover, a boring result.
11.36pm. Swing to Liberal in Franklin a measure of Harry Quick’s popularity. I figured the Libs were in trouble when Nick Minchin started tooking it up.
11.35pm. Bass closer than expected, but Labor. Contrary to expectations, Braddon was an easier win for Labor.
11.34pm. Okay, live blogging of ABC call of the board.
11.29pm. I exaggerated about the Coalition blocking majority. The clear loss of SA and Tasmanian Senate seats will leave them one short. But if they take the final seat from the Greens in Victoria, they’ll be able to do it if they can woo Steve Fielding or Nick Xenophon, and will have an absolute majority in both. A long-winded way of saying the Greens most likely will not have the balance of power.
11.28pm. Not much doubt about 3 LIB, 2 ALP and 1 GRN in Western Australia.
11.27pm. Straightforward Tasmanian Senate result: 3 ALP, 2 LIB, 1 GRN.
11.24pm. Greens firming in SA Senate. Looks like 2 ALP, 2 LIB, 1 XEN and 1 GRN.
11.21pm. Greens falling behind in Victorian Senate. Looking more like Labor 3, Coalition 3. That leaves the Coalition with a blocking majority.
11.18pm. No surprises lurking in the NSW Senate count. A clear 3-3 for the majors, with Kerry Nettle losing her seat.
10.56pm. Straightforward contest between Labor and Greens for last Queensland seat, with Labor ahead. Most likely LNP 3, ALP 3; but possible LNP 3, ALP 2, GRN 1.
10.55pm. Pauline Hanson gets enough votes for public funding.
10.50pm. Libs home in Cowan.
10.47pm. Howard pretty much concedes Bennelong. And here I was buying Nick Minchin’s line about postal votes.
10.40pm. Still early Senate figures from Queensland point to a very tight race for the last seat between Labor and the Greens, with the Coalition clear on three. It is worth dwelling on the significance of the Coalition’s performance in the Senate: they will very likely win more seats than Labor, and will have a blocking majority when combined with Family First. There’s a good chance we’ll get a double dissolution during the coming term, if Labor has reason to feel bold.
10.26pm. Taking a step back, I believe we have a strong Senate result for the Coalition, who will only drop seats in South Australia and Tasmania.
10.23pm. Liberal ACT Senate vote fading a little, but not quite enough to trouble them.
10.21pm. Labor pulling further ahead in Hasluck, not going to win Stirling, probably gone in Swan, not quite dead yet in Cowan.
10.19pm. Lineball in Bowman. The Liberals might lose Mal Brough, and keep Andrew Laming. Great.
10.12pm. Big Liberal win in Swan, actually – over half counted, 0.1 per cent margin, 2.1 per cent swing.
10.12pm. ABC calls Swan for the Liberals.
10.10pm. ABC not yet calling Stirling for Liberal, but they probably should be: with over 50 per cent counted, the Liberals lead by 1.2 per cent. Slow count in Hasluck, but still lineball.
10.01pm. Another big loser from the evening: the tally room. Don’t think we’ll be seeing it again.
9.59pm. Greens Senate position in SA improving. They’re struggling to stay ahead of Labor at the second last exclusion. If they stay there they’ll get up on Labor prefs. Otherwise it will be ALP 3, LIB 2, XEN 1
9.55pm. Labor with a narrow lead in Solomon after half the vote counted.
9.54pm. Big Labor win in Flynn also: 10.7 per cent swing, 3.0 per cent margin.
9.53pm. Double-digit swings: Barker, Blair, Calwell, Dawson, Flynn, Forde, Groom, Holt, Leichhardt, Longman, Macarthur (yet not quite enough) and Petrie. Mal Brough conceding in Longman.
9.49pm. Raw AEC figures from Hasluck have Labor 1.25 per cent ahead from 31.6 per cent, ABC has it lineball from 12.6 per cent.
9.45pm. Labor behind in Swan and likely to lose Cowan, but likely to win Hasluck. Liberals looking good in Stirling.
9.43pm. Not much doubt about 3 ALP, 2 LIB, 1 GRN in Tasmania.
9.41pm. Three seats for Coalition in Victoria, two for Labor, close fight for final seat between Labor and Greens with Greens in front.
9.40pm. Not looking good for Kerry Nettle. Likely NSW Senate result 3 ALP, 3 LNP.
9.38pm. Senate result currently pointing to 2 LIB, 2 ALP and Xenophon, with a very close battle between the Liberals and Greens for the last seat.
9.33pm. Twenty-three Labor gains now from ABC, but the Liberals have probably gained Cowan and are ahead in Swan.
9.32pm. ABC computer now calls Flynn for Labor.
9.30pm. Liberals keeping their noses in front in Sturt.
9.29pm. Stirling count into the teens, Liberal ahead but it’s not over yet. Lineball in Hasluck and Swan. Liberals look likely to gain Cowan.
9.26pm. Scratch that on ACT Senate, I’m now told otherwise. Liberal member Gary Humphries to hold.
9.24pm. Close race for ACT Senate.
9.21pm. Labor ahead in Bowman now.
9.18pm. ABC calls Petrie for Labor, meaning big money for me from PortlandBet.
9.17pm. Smith not sounding at all confident about any of the four Perth marginals.
9.16pm. Not looking good for Labor in Stirling, too early to say in Hasluck. Stirling would have more new development/urban infill than Hasluck.
9.14pm. Quite well ahead, actually.
9.13pm. But Labor now ahead in Petrie.
9.12pm. ABC downgrades Dickson to ALP ahead.
9.10pm. I’m told that early indications for the Senate suggest 3 ALP, 3 LNP in NSW, so Kerry Nettle in trouble, and 3 LIB, 2 ALP, 1 GRN in Victoria.
9.09pm. WA no quicker at counting votes than Queensland. Perhaps it’s the heat.
9.06pm. Big result – ABC calls Forde for Labor. Very little of the vote counted though, as far as teh ABC website is concerned.
9.04pm. Labor probably enough ahead in Bennelong that they’re the favourite. Very tight in Petrie.
9.02pm. CLP 0.8 per cent ahead in Solomon with 15.1 per cent counted.
9.01pm. ABC calls for Dickson for Labor, too early I’d suggest: 0.2 per cent ahead, 14.5 per cent counted.
8.56pm. Very impressive Labor win in Leichhardt.
8.55pm. Very first results coming in from WA.
8.53pm. The ABC is explicitly calling 20 seats for Labor, but might be wrong about Bennelong and perhaps one other. The Coalition can still desperately hope for a scenario where everything else goes right and they can win Solomon, Cowan and Swan.
8.52pm. Labor now back ahead in back-and-forth battle for Flynn.
8.50pm. Narrow early CLP lead in Solomon. Labor out of trouble now in Lingiari.
8.50pm. Early, but looking very close in Forde.
8.46pm. ABC’s calls for Labor in Queensland: Blair, Bonner, Dawson, Leichhardt, Longman, Moreton. No significant figures from Herbert. Kerry O’Brien saying Dickson “in trouble”. Interesting early swing to CLP in Lingiari.
8.42pm. ABC calls Blair and Leichhardt for Labor and gives them back Bennelong.
8.40pm. Nationals have pulled ahead in Flynn.
8.34pm. Line-ball in Sturt, but the Liberals should get up in Boothby.
8.32pm. Labor 1.0 per cent ahead in Blair with 14.3 per cent. Still slow count in Queensland.
8.31pm. Ryan not living up to the hype on early figures.
8.30pm. Still lineball in Robertson.
8.29pm. Labor pulls slightly further ahead in Bennelong, but it will be very tight.
8.28pm. Julia Gillard calls it. ABC computer ticks over to 76 for Labor at that very moment.
8.26pm. Count finally building up in Bonner and Moreton, Labor swings of 7.2 per cent and 4.1 per cent.
8.26pm. Nationals looking good in Hinkler – not a huge surprise.
8.24pm. Big swing to Labor in Capricornia – unnecessary for them, but enforces the picture in Flynn and Dawson. Still nothing credible from Leichhardt.
8.23pm. Many crucial seats in Queensland counting agonisingly slowly.
8.19pm. ABC computer calls Bass for Labor.
8.18pm. Labor also hold narrow early lead in Flynn.
8.18pm. Very big early Labor swing in Longman.
8.14pm. Haven’t mentioned Sturt yet: lineball with a third of the vote counted.
8.13pm. ABC computer calls Wentworth for Turnbull.
8.13pm. Kingston now a Labor gain on ABC.
8.10pm. Early 4.0 per cent swing gives Labor a slight early lead in Moreton.
8.09pm. Very early 10.1 per cent swing to Labor in Leichhardt, 0.2 per cent short of the required swing.
8.07pm. Bob Hawke has called the election for Labor, just as he memorably did in 1993.
8.06pm. Big gain for Labor, according to the ABC: Dawson.
8.05pm. ABC has Macarthur as Liberal retain.
8.03pm. Bonner called for Labor, as expected.
8.02pm. Maddeningly slow count in most important Queensland seats.
8.01pm. Bennelong lead continues to narrow. Now line-ball.
8.01pm. Nick Minchin makes well-made but probably exaggerated point about postal votes in Bennelong.
7.59pm. Big early swing to Labor in Blair.
7.57pm. Finally, intelligence from Queensland. Dawson looking very interesting.
7.57pm. Only a slight early swing to Labor in Kingston, but enough for them to win if they maintain it.
7.56pm. Labor lead narrowing Bennelong.
7.55pm. Line-ball in Robertson. Labor back ahead in Bass.
7.50pm. Very slow count so far in Queensland.
7.49pm. Most of the booth vote counted in Bass, and it won’t be decided tonight.
7.45pm. Dobell down for Labor from ABC.
7.42pm. Not looking good for Labor in Boothby.
7.38pm. Sounds like the entire Poll Bludger readership is at the tally room. ABC computer still says “in doubt” in Bennelong, but surely Howard is gone.
7.40pm. Liberals back ahead in Bass.
7.38pm. Nine seats called for Labor by ABC computer so far.
7.37pm. ABC computer calls Eden-Monaro for Labor.
7.36pm. NEWS FLASH: ABC computer calls Bennelong for Labor.
7.35pm. Labor catching up but still behind in Cowper.
7.33pm. Labor now ahead in Bass.
7.32pm. Liberals doing very well in La Trobe and McMillan – areas which also went against Labor at the state election.
7.30pm. No big surprise here, but ABC computer gives Lindsay and Parramatta to Labor.
7.30pm. Couple of outer Sydney seats Liberals were getting excited about aren’t coming in: Hughes and Greenway, anyhow.
7.29pm. Deakin back to Labor gain.
7.28pm. More figures in from Bennelong and Labor lead still holding.
7.28pm. Early results in Sturt suggest it’s tight. Ditto Boothby, but they’re slightly behind.
7.27pm. Still only 6.3 per cent, Labor looking very good in Bennelong.
7.26pm. Very first figures from Queensland coming in.
7.25pm. Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro, but only just.
7.24pm. ALP computer has demoted Deakin from ALP gain to ALP ahead.
7.24pm. Labor now ahead in Robertson.
7.23pm. Have I said ABC computer calls Page for Labor?
7.22pm. Labor slowly catching up in Bass.
7.20pm. Big Labor swings being wasted in seats they already hold.
7.19pm. Early big swing in Lyne has moderated below 5 per cent.
7.18pm. Malcolm Turnbull looking good on the early Wentworth count.
7.17pm. Labor also falling just short in Robertson and Paterson. Let’s just say it will be interesting to see results from Queensland.
7.17pm. Liberals holding on in McMillan.
7.16pm. Swing in Macarthur also falling short at this stage.
7.16pm. No Labor coup in Hughes, by the look of it.
7.15pm. Nationals just slightly ahead in Cowper, but nothing in it. Lower than expected swing to Labor in Dobell.
7.14pm. ABC calls Braddon as Labor gain.
7.09pm. ABC computer calls Deakin for Labor.
7.09pm. ABC computer calls Page for Labor, Gippsland for Nationals.
7.07pm. Liberals pull further ahead in Bass. 10.5 per cent counted. Still close.
7.07pm. Labor swing perhaps picking up a little in Melbourne suburbs.
7.06pm. Corangamite a Labor gain, according to ABC computer.
7.04pm. Paterson count now in double digits, and Labor will need to do a bit better here.
7.04pm. Said McMillan then and meant McEwen. Corrected. Actually a small Liberal swing in McMillan.
7.02pm. Labor just ahead in Corangamite and McEwen, with almost significant number counted. Not looking like it will all be over before Queensland though.
7.01pm. Swing in Bennelong moderating – below 5 per cent now.
7.00pm. Still no sign of a big swing to Labor in Tasmania; they are slightly ahead in Braddon and slightly behind in Bass.
6.59pm. Double digit swing in Page holding up with 5.1 per cent counted.
6.57pm. Early 12.4 per cent swing to Labor in Macarthur.
6.57pm. Swings everywhere in New South Wales, but Tasmania looking a bit sticky.
6.56pm. Bass count starting to build up to almost interesting level of 6 per cent, and Labor swing surprisingly mild. Probably not from Launceston though.
6.55pm. Corangamite swing to Labor sticking at 6-7 per cent, 3.9 per cent counted.
6.48pm. Big early swing in Gilmore, as you all saw. I had a vague feeling about this one. But yeah, still too early to say.
6.46pm. The very early swing in Flinders caught my eye, but the next booth dampened it down. Still too few to mean anything though.
6.46pm. Tally room over-reaction to 0.2 per cent of the booth in Bennelong.
6.45pm. 15 per cent Labor swing in Page from 1.2 per cent counted.
6.45pm. Dean Jaensch observes 90 per cent of booths swings so far are to Labor.
6.44pm. All very small figures, but all seats with results from Victoria show very mild swings to Labor.
6.40pm. Also a big swing to Labor in Lyne – not enough to win, but significant to the Central Coast and North Coast generally. Throw Page and Cowper on that to-watch list.
6.37pm. Antony reckons he spots an 8 per cent swing on the Central Coast. We’ll be hearing a lot more about Dobell, Robertson and Paterson.
6.36pm. Less than 1 per cent counted in McMillan, only 1 per cent swing to Labor.
6.35pm. Overall swing to Labor of 1.2 per cent to Labor in Tasmania, but these are all small rural booths.
6.35pm. Five booths in from Braddon, only 1 per cent, but 4 per cent swing to Labor. These are the rural parts of the electorate.
6.33pm. Early 8.3 per cent swing to Labor in Robertson.
6.32pm. Antony Green says a 5.9 per cent swing to Labor in Eden-Monaro, regardless of what current figures say.
6.31pm. 6.6 per cent swing to Labor in Braddon from 488 votes.
6.20pm. First figures from rural New South Wales dribbling in. Slowly getting act together. Stay tuned.
wpc @850
I beg to differ, Whitlam won the election in 1974 irrespective of the world circumstances,
Historically, there have been a number of first term leaders of the opposition who have sunk to obscurity. I cannot see Costello being another Beasley, he should let Turnbull take the leadership now. If he allows himself to follow the succession plan he is stuffed and he knows it.
Costello has two choice. He can take the leadership now, or he can get out of parliament. He will not be allowed to stand back, let Turnbull take the heat for the next loss and then step in. Even if he was, who is say the Tories will not fall even further behind after the next poll? For Costello there is only one shot in the locker-2010.
Paul K
That’s my point, I don’t think he will want to from opposition,
901 Colin. Well I did get the impression from Costello tonight that he knows he may have missed his time.
Gary is correct, the next one is Costello’s last chance.
Gary
The libs will start to eat themselves.
Turnball can be subject to a legal challenge beacuse of the ads he placed, telling people the labor canidate may not be entitled to stand.
Costello does not want the job, never had the guts for it, he will probably get out, he is totally unelectable and Rudd would wipe him, take out Costello and Turnball and who do they have next.
I’m so pretty; you’re so pretty!! We’re pretty vaaaaa-cant!!
Colin,
Costello has been working for a shot at PM all his adult life. Who knows what he is willing to endure to get there. For now the Opposition Leader job is his. What he decides after that is anyone’s guess. He’s still young enough to wait another decade if need be. People like Costello and Turnbull are not only ambitious to get where they are, they are also self disciplined. If he wants it bad enough he’ll stay, if not he’ll go.
wpc @904
Exactly right, He cannot accept the leadership now.
His time may come later but not in this Parliament. If he does it now he has the proverbials.
Anyone know if that nit Pyne has survived?
I partyed with tears of joy @ Suncorp tonight watching Kevin claiming victory & watching history being made.
Pyne is expected to hang on.
Does anyone really think that after being ministers for 11 years that
Abbott, Costello and Downer are going to hang around in opposition!!!!
Forget Costello guys. He piked it 18 months ago and left the party to face defeat because of Rattus’s selfishness. He has repeatedly taken the position that the leadership must be given to him, he will not fight for it. No guts, less glory, he is finished.
It was worth waiting for, that’s for sure. It’s just a relief to be rid of Howard and his whole scurvy crew.
Since it’s all backslapping and the like…. let me tell you where I come from.
Due to the lack of vision, I have taken upon myself to embark on the burden myself.
Hey, do you expect the magic waive of the wand?
It ain’t going to happen folks.
We have forgotten that these representatives work for us….. yes us!
The sooner this is acknowledged, then we can get on with the job in hand.
I see so much talent here and I think if this was harnessed, then maybe the blogosphere will be the forum of the people.
Banish the thought…
Paul k: Pity. He really got-up my nose. At least his seat will be some desperate marginal next time.
They have the Jolly Green Giant, they have She of the Scarey Eyes, they have the Mad Monk, they have the The Former ALP Member, they have the Prince of Darkness. And Dolly how could I forget him? Not a great choice is it? Personally I would go for Bishop. They wont though.
Just added my opinion on Howard to the BBC website…..feel much better.
912 I could see all of them staying on.
Does anyone expect whether at the next state elections there will be a reverse swing to tonight? Or is Labor now tribally strong enough to hold them as well?
What about the idea of Mal Brough as new QLD state Liberal leader?
SENATE
At this stage , after 1/7/08 it look like
Liberal/NP 38
Labor/Greens/Democrats 38
Mr X (S.A.) 1
Family first 1
The last 2 TOGETHER can pass Bills and either one can defeat them
Alot of power to these 2
NOTE/
Family First is a clever vote catching name- got 1.95% primary vote !!!
they are well funded thr churchs
their enate votes to now can be disregarded as the Coalition had the balance of power so their Senate voting to date was ‘tokenism’
NOW we will find out what they stand for
but Labor should get across to the public it preferenced the Liberals
in EVERY one of the 150 seats
(Labor does not want another DLP)
As for leadership of the Liberals, who’d want the job now? Costello? No-way. Too much hard work. Abbott? Not after Bernie Banton. Downer? He’s been there and failed at that. Perhaps one of the surviving women.
Does this means the inmates at the ABC could soon be freed?
Didn’t Family First say they wanted to get rid of workchoices?
If Costello devoted his whole life to getting the leaderrship, he didnt fight very hard to get it. The leadership was there to be picked up after APEC, but he piked it. No ticker thats the problem with him. Trust me, one way or the other he will be gone in a year or so’s time.
kina: You bet. Albrecthsen, Windschuttle and the rest of Howard’s culture-warriors will be purged, I reckon. What does Rudd owe them? He’s already spoken of the Razor Gang he proposes to set-up.
920 – Your maths doesn’t add up.
The Coalition are on 37, not 38.
Likewise, Labor + Greens have 37 between them, not 38. The Democrats are now out of the Senate (or will be mid next year).
You’re right that Xenophon and Fielding have a lot of power now. However, various Coalition senators could mute that, by opting to cross the floor themselves on key pieces of legislation.
At the risk of it being all too obvious after the race has been run, Possum calculated the main problems for the co-alition: interest rate rises and WorkChoices. You can argue that interest rates are beyond the government’s control, but that’s not what they argued in 2004!
Workchoices was far too ideoligiocal. No matter what your point of view, this is where the Libs lost it.
scrapr@915
Agree whole heartedly
Gary: I reckon Costello could see this disaster coming.
Hell, given the polls, Blind Freddie could see something awful was on the way. So why would he have wanted to topple Howard and give the old Rodent a perfect excuse. I fiure he just thought: “F**k it, I’m gonna make him hang around and face the music.”
The real question is does he want the leadership now. I agree that it’s his last chance.
Hey William. My 24 yo son put me on to this site about 6 weeks ago. He knows I’ve been passionate about politics since 1970, when my number came up to be conscripted into the Army and head off to Vietnam (even though I wasn’t old enough to vote).
I only every dreamed of having access to a wealth of various ideas, thoughts, knowledge and a bit of humour as I have on your window to the political world.
Younger contributors probably don’t understand that it wasn’t until Monday or possibly Tuesday that the broadsheeets might post anything like final numbers, and polls were very rudimentry in the least.
So thank you Sincerely for this opportunity, Kind Regards, Not So Mad Max.
P.S. When the site went down a couple of times recently, I got a little notation at the bottom of my screen which I can only think is /was an IP address for your site, and guess what —reading from right to left it read 88-60-?02. Spooky huh??
It’s very late: let me articulate the thoughts of many: John Hunt is a Coward!!!!!
“Costello has been working for a shot at PM all his adult life. Who knows what he is willing to endure to get there…”
Oh give me a break! Tip’s prepared to endure absolutely nothing.
They might as well put Keating in for all the good it would do.
CK:
I wonder how The West will cope with a new PM ? :_)
After November losses in 1925, 1928, 1958, 1963, 1966 and 2001 this is Labor’s first ever November win. There have been no elections in January, February or June, so now Labor have won in every other month. People may think this is minutiae but I am sure there would have been people in the Liberal strategy group urging a November poll for this reason (among others).
But at least PK had, you know, ticker. Costello is the Wizard of Oz politics.
Best moment in the election for me as an old lady (about 80), heading slowly up the hill with a walking frame in hand. The real kicker was her Kevin07 tee shirt and the fact that everyone she passed was wishing her good luck.
Hey everyone. What a relief and thrill. Confidence in Australians restored.
Why are people assuming that Pyne has got back? According to the AEC he leads by just .05%. By my calculations thats about 70 votes. OK sitting members do better from postals etc, but Mia Handshin has high name recognition so it may not follow this time.
#937 – oh yes!
Rocket
Sounds right that they would trust some mysticism rather than the people.
# 926 Hugorune re Senate after 1/7/08:
Yes its late and I said a senate of 78 instead of 76
but my conclusion is correct , ie. Coalition vs ALP/Greens have equal senators
THEREFORE Mr x and Family First collectively have the balance of power
IF they both vote with Labor/greens , then bills pass
IF EITHER votes with Coalition , then bills get defeated
I would not be counting on Coalition Senators to often cross the floor
Labor’s biggest challenge may come from the Greens in putting amendments to ‘green’ legislation like emission targets , carbon trading etc. where the greens do not back down
Fading out now we are.
I’ve got just about all the players at the table.
That is the name of the game.
A tall order???
Arbie Jay – I believe these things are taken into account.
It’s like Labor won in March 1983, then when in trouble called elections in March 1990 & March 1993 – the hat-trick (March 1996) didn’t come off. It’s also why the Coalition will never call a winter election (August 1943 and July 1987)
[ Why are people assuming that Pyne has got back? ]
He normally gets a high percentage of postals.
What a huge night!
Messages going out, here comes the love fropm Lefty E
To Andrew: *Snort* *giggle*… bookie and Lola say cheers for a big night
To LTEP: Yes, Im sure it will get closer with postals.
To Nostradamus: Predict this: nnlnn 🙂
To Glen: actually, you’re a pretty good sport, for all your autopropaganda.
To Stephen K: Good luck with that CV, and say hi to Campbell
TO Howard: Gracious concession speech, enjoy your retirement. I know I will.
TO Rudd: Congrats, nice work. You managed to bore me in under 3 mins, but wtf, huzzah anyway.
To the GG Galaxy and Newspoll: Hey, listen here … no – come closer…: F*CK YOU LOSERS. I hereby Christen you PP (Pollfraud Press)
TO William and Pollbludgers: thanks for being there! Respect.
words……………………………..
thanks all. William.
Frank Calabrese @ 933 says:
“I wonder how The West will cope with a new PM ? :_)”
Much like Tony Abbot I imagine Frank. Complete brainsnap.
But if you pop over to the Sunday Times blog (sorry, can’t copy/paste link. Remote mouse doing bizarre things), I think there’s been a run on razor-blades tonight.
I suspect a few trolls over in JulieBishopLand are a bit bitter and twisted. Whatever will they do with her now? Minister of Nothing. Federal Opposition Leader of Nothing. State Opposition Leader of Nothing.
So, to sum up – nothing really.
At last the real reason why Howard lost.
Baume’s theory is that Howard has worked himself out of a job. The aspirationals who voted for him in 1996 and remained loyal through four elections “have achieved the great bulk of what they aspired to,” he said.
But then they wanted more, And “if you don’t get three cars in your garage rather than two, you’re p…ed off with someone”.
Dame Leonie Kramer agreed. “Once you start aspiring you never stop,” she said.
Night all
CK:
Yep, read some of the comments – bet poor old Simon Beaumont will be shattered on Monday, as will Tony Mac. and Howard Sattler will be inconsolable. – pity it’s the start of non ratings period 🙂
For Howardhuggers in the meeja – no sympathy.