First the Liberals get utterly trounced in the elections, now the Nationals are actually deciding to leave the coalition! Well well well. What a year for Australian politics. This will make passing legislation even more interesting… will the Liberals survive being reduced to 28 pathetic seats across the entire country?
Personally I’d love to see country Australia wake the fuck up but these nuclear-touting ass-backward idiots look set to stay for a while. Maybe this breakup could be good for the Liberals to regain some respectability
I was thinking about this when I saw the news. Now is the best time for them to split since they’re both so politically insignificant. It won’t make any difference and they’ll probably all vote the same way. They’ll probably get back together in a few terms when the libs seem electable again.
Well, this might be a wildcard but I’d like to see the Liberals start to follow more in the line of the Teals and importantly, stay that way to win back more seats. In which case the Nationals will either hold onto their ideals and become increasingly politically irrelevant, or be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century in order to form a coalition with the reformed Liberals.
I’m loving the idea of the Libs as a minor party. Some consequences for the 2 party preferred system though - Anthony Green or young Mr Briggs will have to generate a whole new set of statistics …
I suppose it becomes an issue with the 2PP system where the Nats and Libs both contest a seat which is generally quite rare, I think? I would expect that even as separate parties they’ll agree not to fight each other on the same turf too much as they wouldn’t want to split the vote and have (shudder) some other party win.
First the Liberals get utterly trounced in the elections, now the Nationals are actually deciding to leave the coalition! Well well well. What a year for Australian politics. This will make passing legislation even more interesting… will the Liberals survive being reduced to 28 pathetic seats across the entire country?
Personally I’d love to see country Australia wake the fuck up but these nuclear-touting ass-backward idiots look set to stay for a while. Maybe this breakup could be good for the Liberals to regain some respectability
theyll be back. nationals cant win without libs to try take the city seats. Fuck knows they aint winning any city/suburban seats themselves!
Maybe they shouldn’t aim to win but to represent their electorate.
I was thinking about this when I saw the news. Now is the best time for them to split since they’re both so politically insignificant. It won’t make any difference and they’ll probably all vote the same way. They’ll probably get back together in a few terms when the libs seem electable again.
Well, this might be a wildcard but I’d like to see the Liberals start to follow more in the line of the Teals and importantly, stay that way to win back more seats. In which case the Nationals will either hold onto their ideals and become increasingly politically irrelevant, or be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century in order to form a coalition with the reformed Liberals.
I’m loving the idea of the Libs as a minor party. Some consequences for the 2 party preferred system though - Anthony Green or young Mr Briggs will have to generate a whole new set of statistics …
I suppose it becomes an issue with the 2PP system where the Nats and Libs both contest a seat which is generally quite rare, I think? I would expect that even as separate parties they’ll agree not to fight each other on the same turf too much as they wouldn’t want to split the vote and have (shudder) some other party win.
At last. The Liberals have not had the interests of rural Australia at heart for decades. Not since that cunt John Elliot betrayed them and sold Elders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elliott_(businessman)
I don’t even know if the Nationals have the interests of rural Australia at heart besides mining, really…
They used to represent farmers and outer cities.