A couple of things to be noted as the Victorian election dominates my attention:
• The weekly Roy Morgan video update tells us that federal Labor’s two-party lead is steady at 53.5-46.5, and nothing further.
• The quarterly EMRS poll of Tasmanian state voting intention gives the Liberals their best result this year, up one to 42% with Labor down two to 29% and the Greens up one to 14%. Jeremy Rockliff’s lead over Rebecca White is 46-34, little changed from 47-35 in August. The poll was conducted November 8 to 15 from a sample of 1000.
• Something that caught my eye from Charlotte Ivers in Britain’s New Statesman, as it seems more than relevant to Australia:
In 2019 57 per cent of people aged 60-69 voted Tory, but only 23 per cent of people aged 25-29. Of course, it is news to nobody that young people vote Labour and older people vote Conservative. What is alarming Conservative MPs is that the tipping point age at which people become more likely to vote Conservative than Labour is going up, and it is going up quickly. Before the 2017 election, research by the Onward think tank found, the tipping point was 34. By 2019 it was 51.
MPs can also tell you why this is. People vote Conservative as they age not because of some innate law, but because ageing has traditionally been associated with the other markers of a Conservative vote: home ownership, a stable job, increased income or capital. It looks like this link is breaking.
Jaeger says:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 8:41 pm
Better to sing than sin? (Yet singing leads to dancing…)
中华人民共和国
Might have been said before but going to the GG’s meant literally song for your supper.
Wonder what they would do if one belted out “Highway to Hell”?
Upnorth @ #553 Friday, November 25th, 2022 – 8:43 pm
Down, down, down into the Burning Ring of Fire.
“Wonder what they would do if one belted out “Highway to Hell”?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSiHqxgE2d0
yabba says:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 8:45 pm
Upnorth @ #553 Friday, November 25th, 2022 – 8:43 pm
Jaeger says:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 8:41 pm
Better to sing than sin? (Yet singing leads to dancing…)
中华人民共和国
Might have been said before but going to the GG’s meant literally song for your supper.
Wonder what they would do if one belted out “Highway to Hell”?
Down, down, down into the Burning Ring of Fire.
中华人民共和国
Curry for Tea!
But she would draw the line at requiring the Queen to sing.
Why?
Because she knows she is already crossing the line with her arrogance and bush pig ignorance in foisting her cuckoo land religiosity on others?
Others over whom she thinks she can get away with it?
For the love of God, Albo, clean out the stables.
Too much accumulated conservative manure remains.
SfM impersonates Shultz….
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-lengths-bell-went-to-to-get-morrison-face-to-face-20221125-p5c1ef.html
“Solicitor Ashley Tsacalos who said he was representing Morrison. Eight days later, the solicitor said Morrison’s total memories of the issue were contained in his August press conference and two separate Facebook statements the former PM had made.”
Scottie never did know anything about anything.
dave:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 8:30 pm
Morrison’s a clever, highly dangerous & manipulative prick. Thank Gawd he’s been found to be the false Prophet. That said, I tend to wonder though how easily the electorate was fooled into believing he’s the messenger of the Messiah. Pepsy.
Suzanne Alleyne writes about the science that explains the empathy gap common to powerful people. (I’m thinking of Mr Morrison, among others.)
tldr; The science doesn’t excuse anyone from being a selfish jerk. It takes mental effort to have empathy. Being a jerk (asshole?) is laziness, something the powerful can afford.
“ What is alarming Conservative MPs is that the tipping point age at which people become more likely to vote Conservative than Labour is going up, and it is going up quickly. Before the 2017 election, research by the Onward think tank found, the tipping point was 34. By 2019 it was 51.”
New Statesman, quoted by William, above.
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It is consoling, as an evil “baby boomer”, who has never and will never vote Nat/Lib, that the non-Tory voting threshold is rapidly moving up! Though from age 34 to 51 in two years seems a wee bit fanciful.
I would like the Australian mainstream political spectrum to have the existing ALP as the conservative centre right alternative to a proper social democratic centre left.
I mean, for example, Dreyfus would be much happier as the ‘grave’ centre right tory opposed to change that discomforted the parliamentary establishment.
Where does “exceptional circumstances” in the draft anti-corruption bill come from but from the need to protect the cosy in-house privilege of MPs against thr “public interest”?
”Down, down, down into the Burning Ring of Fire.”
Or maybe The Crazy World of Arthur Brown “Fire!”.
On the singing GG, I was told of a former Foreign Minister (not from the coalition side) who, at an overseas meeting where singing was part of the fun in some of the less official gatherings, led a rousing rendition of “Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport”; and of the rising panic among officials as they realised that the choirmaster was heading with seemingly unstoppable momentum for the verse which starts “Let me abos go loose, Blue”.
Rakali. Nice description of Dreyfus.
Newspoll Vic:
ALP 38 L-NP 35 Green 12 others 15
2PP: 54.5 -45.5 to ALP
Despite the ALP’s primary vote falling almost five points since the 2018 election, Daniel Andrews remains on track to become Victoria’s longest-serving Labor Premier.
To my earlier point on lack of empathy and laziness among the powerful.
Holdenhillbilly says:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 9:45 pm
Newspoll Vic:
ALP 38 L-NP 35 Green 12 others 15
2PP: 54.5 -45.5 to ALP
Despite the ALP’s primary vote falling almost five points since the 2018 election, Daniel Andrews remains on track to become Victoria’s longest-serving Labor Premier.
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Kevin Bonham estimates 2PP at 55.6-44.4 to ALP
He also took issue with Morgan’s most recent 55-45 (to ALP), estimating on the basis of primary vote figures in Morgan a 57-43 2PP.
There is, of course, absolutely no conspiracy to downplay anything positive for Labor…
what was the point of the inquiry if morrison was not forced to give evidence the government should have waited to set up the ficac bell could not make a desition with out getting all the factsdont know dreyfuss would design terms of references so weak that Bell could not compell morrison to be interviewed un less dreyfuss is protecting burocrats from the pms department who was involved in the desition and hurley
morrisons right hand advisors yarin finkilstien and John kunkil have not faced scrutiny they should have been questiond about what they know now finkelstien is perrottits stratagist he wants to help him win next year so far finkilstiens dead cats the dam wall when peroitit said people over plants the pockies ban has worked as well as morrisons gladis kitching
if the spin from sava and co was that perrottit did not like morison after the 2022 election and secrit ministries whiy did perrottit higher yarin finkilstien as his campaign advisor his even got him to select his candadates after him and hawke picked candadates a month beforre election with hazard ranting about teels maybi the stunt to winn western sydney seats the people over plants did not help the libs from teels then we had perrotitts dead cat of pockies card premoated by gerenwich
morrisons right hand advisors yarin finkilstien and John kunkil have not faced scrutiny they should have been questiond about what they know now finkelstien is perrottits stratagist he wants to help him win next year so far finkilstiens dead cats the dam wall when peroitit said people over plants the pockies ban has worked as well as morrisons gladis kitching finkelstien workedfor a decade at ct group under fire for ceruption in uk behind johnsons failed premiership as well as morrison had success with howard i think perrottit is on a winnercopying morrisons stratigy to winn and they think a inquiry in to asfour will save them barilarow still has not given his second day of evidence to the inquiry in to the trade role at least morrisons mate david elliott was forced out the train st rike only got resolved when he was removed as the negociator
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Cronussays:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 6:13 pm
Morrison must wonder how it is that he is the only person out of 26 million who believes what he did was right. Or perhaps he doesn’t wonder anything at all.
He will however wake up one day into the future as he realises that for all time, his only legacy, and that by which he will be known in parody, is that he more than any other leader debased our democratic government. He can place that trophy next to his “I stopped the boats” trophy.
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Will the trophy read “I debased the democracy “?
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shellbellsays:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 6:57 pm
No one has talked a tough game like David Elliott
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And nobody not walked the tough walk like David Elliott.
Murpharoo on Albo (extract from Quarterly Essay):
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/26/from-lone-wolf-to-leader-the-making-of-anthony-albanese
Alan Kohler
@AlanKohler
Re Scott Morrison and Vanessa Bell’s report, what I want to know is how come there are no consequences for him or for David Hurley? I mean everyone has just pursed their lips and tut tutted and she recommends that, you know, we shouldn’t do it again
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Ronni Salt
@RonniSalt
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8h
It’s a lacklustre white wash – which is pretty much what milquetoast Albenese wanted
A little bit of pursed lips, journos fed grab phrases to repeat like “damning!” (it’s anything but) and no consequences
The Gov General refused to participate – it’s an empty pillow of nothing
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Hopefully the Robodebt Royal Commission will not result in the same exercise in tut tutting. Then it’s back to business as usual in the Canberra Club for the over privileged.
It’s passing strange because if the Labor and Liberal roles were reversed the Liberals would spare nothing in trying to destroy Labor.
Milquetoast indeed!
plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Certainly, i believe David Hurley should resign.
The days of the lib/nats relying on their corrupt political propaganda media arm to get them elected into government are ending.
It is looking promising the voters are seeing what the corrupt media is
UK voting intention:
LAB: 50% (-)
CON: 27% (-1)
LDEM: 9% (+1)
GRN: 4% (-)
via @techneUK , 23 – 24 Nov
WC update:
Iran 2 Wales 0. Senegal 3 Qatar 1. Netherlands 1 Equador 1
England v USA now on.
Liberal Party founded in 1944 by Menzies and others.
Liberal Party destroyed in 2019-2022 by Morrison and others.
Cronus @ #551 Friday, November 25th, 2022 – 8:32 pm
Peter Hartcher article is quite good –
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pocock-and-bosses-play-ball-after-wage-scrum-with-pm-20221124-p5c14f.html
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Laura Tingle writes that the Bell inquiry shreds Scott Morrison’s credibility and for Labor the timing couldn’t be better.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-26/bell-inquiry-scott-morrison-multiple-ministries-anthony-albanese/101698708
David Crowe reckons there is a compelling case for parliament to condemn Scott Morrison.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-compelling-case-for-parliament-to-condemn-scott-morrison-20221125-p5c1cu.html
Shane Wright explains the lengths Bell went to to get Morrison face to face.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-lengths-bell-went-to-to-get-morrison-face-to-face-20221125-p5c1ef.html
We now have three new adjectives for the saga of Scott Morrison’s secret, multiple ministries: “unnecessary”, “exorbitant”, and “bizarre”. Those are the words of former high court justice, Virginia Bell, whose meticulous report lays waste to Morrison’s justifications for his break-glass-in-case-of-emergency powers, writes Paul Karp.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/25/bell-report-lays-waste-to-scott-morrisons-justifications-for-secret-ministries
The Virginia Bell report shows that Scott Morrison’s fall from grace isn’t over yet, says Michelle Grattan who writes that Bell does not describe Scott Morrison as a megalomaniac. But the picture she paints neatly fits the dictionary definition of “someone who has an unnaturally strong wish for power and control”.
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-the-bell-report-on-morrisons-multi-ministries-provides-a-bad-character-reference-195368
Sarah Basford-Canales writes that one of Australia’s top bureaucrats has slammed the former prime minister’s moves to secretly appoint himself to multiple ministries, including assuming power over his department. Home Affairs Department secretary Mike Pezzullo shared with the judge he would have been placed in a “position of untenable conflict” had the former prime minister and former home affairs minister Karen Andrews given him contradictory orders.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7995897/pezzullo-critical-of-morrisons-secret-ministry-grab-report-reveals/?cs=14350
James Massola reports that federal cabinet will decide next week whether to censure former prime minister Scott Morrison over his five secret ministries after former High Court judge Virginia Bell said his actions were “corrosive of trust in government”.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-tried-to-become-environment-minister-fundamentally-undermined-government-bell-inquiry-20221125-p5c18f.html
In this Quarterly Essay extract, Katharine Murphy excavates the layers of the Australian prime minister’s formative years
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/26/from-lone-wolf-to-leader-the-making-of-anthony-albanese
Now that he’s in power, what we have seen is the much-underestimated Albanese scoring bullseyes precisely because he had identified a mood in the country for change in what the national government should be targeting: wage stagnation, climate change action, the status of women, security and participation, and integrity in government. Also marked for redress: the injustice that denies First Nations people recognition and respect in our constitution, writes Paul Bongiorno who says it is a tribute to Albanese’s smarts that he has been able to achieve so much so early in his term, without creating the air of political crisis that his critics in the media and on the opposition benches are so ready to conjure up at any opportunity.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/11/26/wild-ride-the-red-chamber
John Lord examines what political promises mean and he marks the Albanese government’s first six months in office.
https://theaimn.com/promises-promises-promises/
Overall, for a new Labor government prosecuting a major overhaul of workplace law, the collaborative approach is working, says Peter Hartcher in a very good read.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pocock-and-bosses-play-ball-after-wage-scrum-with-pm-20221124-p5c14f.html
But the editorial in the AFR says, “The relationship between Labor and business has hit a string of potholes. It’s a sign of a government not yet focused on what really counts.”
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-s-fraying-ties-with-business-an-ominous-sign-20221123-p5c0rs
Independent senator David Pocock is the government’s best hope of passing its industrial relations package. He says it’s ‘fascinating’ how lobbying works in Canberra, writes Mike Seccombe.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/11/26/industrial-reforms-the-david-pocock-interview
According to a slew of Age reporters, Labor remains on track to cling to power in Victoria, despite a late surge in support for the Coalition in the final days of an election campaign fought over health promises, competing cost-of-living solutions and a split over the Suburban Rail Loop.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/late-polls-point-to-labor-clinging-on-despite-final-liberal-surge-20221124-p5c15j.html
The Australian reports that Daniel Andrews is poised to secure a historic third term despite a swing against Labor, with Newspoll showing him on track to retain a diminished majority. A two-party-preferred result of 54.5-45.5 per cent ahead of Saturday’s Victorian election represents a 2.8 per cent swing against Labor since 2018 and compares with 54-46 three weeks ago.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/victorian-election-despite-a-swing-newspoll-puts-daniel-andrews-on-track-to-win/news-story/e14d47a0f60223d09d05c124a620a48a
If the electoral cards don’t fall their way, Matthew Guy might resign as Opposition Leader for a second time, and Daniel Andrews could be shown the door, opines Paul Sakkal.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/knives-out-what-will-happen-to-both-leaders-after-the-election-20221125-p5c182.html
No matter who wins, both major parties have made this Victorian poll the Daniel Andrews election, writes Benita Kolovos.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/26/no-matter-who-wins-both-major-parties-have-made-this-victorian-poll-the-daniel-andrews-election
One of the key agencies behind the Andrews government’s “Big Build” agenda is being investigated over grant funding and failing to meet its targets.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/investigation-into-grants-allegations-of-bullying-in-labor-s-big-build-agenda-20221124-p5c0z7.html
On December 2 we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the election of the Whitlam government. Health reform was one of that government’s signature achievements. It appears that the stars are now aligning to build on Whitlam’s remarkable legacy and create a new Medicare fit for purpose in the 21st century, writes a hopeful Stephen Duckett.
https://johnmenadue.com/your-medicare-card-the-whitlam-governments-contemporary-legacy/
As senior staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency explain their role in establishing robo-debt, the agency is seeking to expand similar compliance programs targeting people with disability, writes Rick Morton.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/11/26/exclusive-robo-debt-insights-shape-ndis-compliance
The SMH editorial says that Xi’s China juggernaut is running into potholes on the road to prosperity.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/xi-s-china-juggernaut-runs-into-potholes-on-road-to-prosperity-20221125-p5c1ea.html
Chris Vedelago reports that plastic bags dropped off at Coles and Woolworths for recycling have been sitting in storage for at least four years.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/not-what-was-advertised-supermarket-plastic-bag-recycling-program-began-to-fail-in-2018-20221122-p5c0hl.html
Greg Sheridan, who reckons a race-based voice a dagger to the heart of liberalism, writes, “The proposal for a constitutionally guaranteed, elected, policy advisory chamber to be known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to parliament is a direct repudiation of the central tenet of political liberalism, because it strikes against universal citizenship. Further, it gives life to the pernicious idea that universal suffrage, the rule of law and representative, democratic institutions are somehow inherently deficient when dealing with all the variety of human racial, cultural and ethnic diversity.”
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/racebased-voice-a-dagger-to-the-heart-of-liberalism/news-story/4849bcb6296f5109d25b842107b1c241
Opposition to the Voice to Parliament is beginning to emerge from Liberal Party ranks, and some of it is disturbingly ugly, writes John Hewson who points his finger at John Howard’s influence.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/11/26/john-howards-anti-voice-strategy
Michael Pascoe laments that, from COVID to carbon, the world has simply given up.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2022/11/26/michael-pascoe-covid-carbon-apathy/
The federal government will press ahead next year with plans to fine financial executives if they fail to prevent systemic misconduct as it comes under attack from the community sector for delaying action on institutions that sting customers with interest rates as high as 900 per cent, explains Shane Wright.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/plans-for-banker-fines-to-return-next-year-as-government-scrambles-to-fix-deal-20221125-p5c1bx.html
For months, shoppers have been saying one thing in consumer sentiment surveys and then doing another at the checkout. Things are likely to change in 2023, predicts Clancy Yeates wo says the teflon-coated consumer spending won’t last.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/teflon-coated-consumer-spending-won-t-last-20221124-p5c0yy.html
Malcolm Knox describes 2022 as the year in which digital creep got too creepy.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/2022-the-year-digital-creep-got-too-creepy-20221124-p5c14d.html
Kurt Johnson reveals how scores of emails released under freedom of information show how the grand plan to take the Latrobe Valley’s coal-based workforce into the rapidly expanding electric vehicle industry was lost to politics and ineptitude.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/11/26/seas-electric-vehicles-v-the-state
Anne Hyland lifts the lid on Cranbrook, where for the past 18 months, this most private of private schools – where the fees for year 12 are almost $40,000 – has been a pressure cooker of discontent.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/these-schools-are-very-big-businesses-inside-the-fight-that-tore-apart-cranbrook-20221124-p5c0xk.html
Crime journalist John Silvester takes us into the book “The Rise of Street Gangs” written by former member of Sydney’s Tactical Response Group. It gives an interesting insight to the psyche of such police officers.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-an-ex-cop-learnt-the-ways-of-street-gangs-20221123-p5c0lb.html
Ukrainian leaders and activists say the US and allies must share blame for Russia’s aggression, and negotiation with Vladimir Putin would put the world further in jeopardy, explains Karen Middleton.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/ir/2022/11/26/ukraines-next-pitch-the-world
John F Cooper writes about interpreting and misinterpreting America’s mid-term election.
https://johnmenadue.com/interpreting-and-misinterpreting-americas-mid-term-election/
Cartoon Corner
David Pope
Alan Moir
Andrew Dyson
Matt Golding
Mark Knight
John Shakespeare
Fiona Katauskas
Glen Le Lievre with a gif
https://twitter.com/i/status/1596134963141042176
Jon Kudelka
Jim Pavlidis
Joe Benke
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Re Goll @7:18. Rumours of the death of the “Liberal” party are exaggerated…
dave says:
Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 7:20 am
Cronus @ #551 Friday, November 25th, 2022 – 8:32 pm
And despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the likely impact of the government’s IR reform, there are no signs of a wage spiral. Just more hot air and grandstanding from big business and News Corp.
Peter Hartcher article is quite good –
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pocock-and-bosses-play-ball-after-wage-scrum-with-pm-20221124-p5c14f.html
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Thanks Dave and agreed, it was a good article, clear, succinct and suggesting a positive overall outcome for workers and businesses.
Happy Victoria Day!
The Liberals and the Liberal media, really think the voters are stupid. They thought that if they could put the bellows into a fire they set under Dan Andrews, that it would burn him down. Well, guess what? It didn’t. Voters aren’t stupid. They realise that all that he was trying to do was keep them alive through a pandemic! Lockdown schmockdown. The Cookers are still alive today because of the actions Dan Andrews took. The businesses are still viable and thriving. They should be thanking the man that they and their businesses are still alive today to make their baseless complaints about him.
Go Dan the Man!
Thanks so much BK.
Expecting a good result in Victoria today.
Thanks as usual BK – don’t know how you do it.
The ducks are taking their shift in the bird bath, Maggies next, then the King parrots. Blue sky abounds – makes a change from the last fortnight. It’ll be a 50 amp day today – should top up the batteries. Dreamt of a WA style decimation for the Libs down here today – all I really care about is Dan getting another term. I admire the way he just gets things done regardless of any carping from the Libs or MSM.
Off to vote this morning, then pressure washing the rugs (my 20 year old kitten has smoe trouble with her bladder – poor thing).
Keep it clean today kids – no fighting! Don’t make me come down there! I am watching you all closely even though I rarely post.
Insiders Sunday, 27 Nov
David Speers is joined by Katharine Murphy, James Campbell and Niki Savva to discuss the progress of the Albanese government’s legislative agenda, Victorian state election results, plus Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert sagas.
Guest : Tony Burke – Employment And Workplace Relations Minister
Ven says:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 11:47 pm
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Cronussays:
Friday, November 25, 2022 at 6:13 pm
Morrison must wonder how it is that he is the only person out of 26 million who believes what he did was right. Or perhaps he doesn’t wonder anything at all.
He will however wake up one day into the future as he realises that for all time, his only legacy, and that by which he will be known in parody, is that he more than any other leader debased our democratic government. He can place that trophy next to his “I stopped the boats” trophy.
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Will the trophy read “I debased the democracy “?
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And you know, I suspect a personality like Morrison would be secretly happy with a trophy that read “I debased the democracy”. He would comfort himself by saying “only I can understand”.
Has there ever been two more boring teams than England & the USA?
Lack of skill & pace.. awful, I blame Rupert.
Voting day in Victoria today where Dan Andrews and News Ltd go head to head.
Sceptic @ #590 Saturday, November 26th, 2022 – 7:53 am
On that performance I think England should consider themselves lucky they weren’t playing France or Brazil.
Yanks were unlucky.
My prediction for today?
Brazil to win the World Cup. 🙂
Steve 777
Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 7:31 am
Re Goll @7:18. Rumours of the death of the “Liberal” party are exaggerated…
Where ? In Tassiewania !
You , of course are correct.
However, the Liberals have taken “flogging” in recent state and federal elections.
In the aftermath of the 1972 election the most prominent Government 101 essay question was :-
“Is Whitlam’s election win the finish of the Liberal Party”
Then we see the answer in real time !
Wow! Michelle Grattan using the ‘megalomaniac’ word about Scott Morrison!?! That’s a turn up for the books.
BKsays:
Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 8:06 am
Voting day in Victoria today where Dan Andrews and News Ltd go head to head.
Brilliant !!
Iran 2nd in Group B.
lol
Wales! WTF?
Tomorrow’s lead page
Andrews pips News Corp in surprising result.
Victoria: State election betting as the polls open:
Labor $1.09
Coalition $11.00
Ahhh nothing like the relaxed feeling of having voted yesterday on a nice warm sunny day. The early voting centres have the added attraction of having all the candidates on site plus a few federal politicians present.
UK Cartoons:
Andy Davey: Bang yer pans for the #nurses! Surely they don’t need any more than that?! Proper pay? Nah!
Matt on #Strikes
Graeme Bandeira on #JeremyHunt #BlackFriday #CostOfLivingCrises
Christian Adams on #BlackFriday #Strikes #RMT
Peter Brookes on #JeremyHunt #Putin #CostOfLivingCrises
Finally Dave Brown’s #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #ArthurDavidMcCormick, for @Independent… #Raab #DominicRaab #Bullying #UnfitForOffice #ToryBullies #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern! – political cartoon gallery in London http://original-political-cartoon.com
The original Arthur David McCormick – The Inquisition:
Iran beating Wales is no surprise. Georgia beating Wales however….