Stewart Lee once characterised New Labour versus One-Nation Conservatives as two rats fighting over a courgette, but the Tory is wearing a nice pair of chinos.
Would an additional 'left' political party be beneficial?
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You're stuck in 15 years ago if you really believe this.
Interesting take, considering the response of most of the Western world to the economic challenges posed by said pandemic is massive fiscal stimulus, including an increase in payments to young people, the unemployed and the working poor. When boomers start dying off en masse over the next few decades, we'll see which direction society heads towards.
Another interesting take. Do you have any evidence to support this? Which Greens policies do you believe will horrify people so much? The plan to create a public energy retailer and cap power prices? The plan to create a public bank? Building public housing? Banning gay conversion therapy? Cutting corporate tax avoidance?
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Reads News Corp/Nine Entertainment/Seven West editorials and thinks its real life.
I haven’t read their policy platform for a while, but there used to be some interesting stuff in their foreign policy in particular. Are they still pushing for ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem?
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They were never pushing for ethnic cleansing.
Their position paper advocated the deportation of all Jewish inhabitants.
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Think the common Australian has been groomed/ believe they are above the 'common person' achieved through taking on crippling debt that will show its hand post pandemic, when the government has to/chooses to turn the stimulus hand outs.
Murdoch press, and other media outlets have been incredibly successful bashing unions over the last 40 years, and many Australians have leached off the benefits from Unions. Workers would be stuck in the dark ages, with slave like conditions without unions.
Why are you wasting my time if you are truly this ignorant?
I find it frustrating when I correct blatantly incorrect assumptions and assertions, and find out the person making them doesn’t even have basic knowledge of the subject they’re talking about. Then you have the gall to expect me to educate you from the ground up. I mean, honestly.
Do you always form your opinions before you investigate the subject matter? Because it seems like it.
You should really read your own party’s platform.
You said you haven't read their platform for a while. You also said you'll defer to my knowledge when you know nothing about a topic. So hush now champ, the adults are talking.
Qualifying my statement by saying it may not be completely up to date is not the same as saying I know nothing about the topic.
Are you saying that the Greens no longer call for the deportation of Jews from the West Bank and East Jerusalem?
But you do know nothing about the topic of the Greens' present policy on Israel and Palestine. Otherwise you wouldn't be asking the question.
See it's funny, when I asked a question about what specific change country people wanted to see on water management, accepting that you had more knowledge on the topic than I did, I was met with insults and told I had "the gall to expect me to educate you from the ground up". Now I am capable of answering your question, but is there a good reason why I shouldn't simply respond the same way you did?
I prefer to have reasonable dialogue with people on here in the hopes that I, or they, or both, might see a different perspective. But if I'm met with such a response, I don't usually feel like answering in good faith.
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Because I am a lot more capable of having an informed conversation about Greens policy than you are about rural areas, unfamiliar though I am with the latest version of their platform.
If you are too upset from our last interaction, that is totally okay too.
Who decided that, you? Why do you even ask questions if you're too arrogant to listen to others?
You're suggesting I'm upset when you're the one who chucked a tanty because someone asked him a question? Mostly I just pity you for being so vainglorious.If you are too upset from our last interaction, that is totally okay too.
Happy to listen if you ever get around to saying anything.
Neo liberal is rather a big stretch as they spent up big. However, the approach of Blair was certainly successfull at elections. Many of Hawkes policies were along those lines and again were successful.
Why do you need to listen or ask questions, O suppository of all wisdom? You clearly have all the answers already.Happy to listen if you ever get around to saying anything.
I said plenty above, and if you have any questions, keep quiet and don't expect others to educate you from the ground up.
You don’t appear to know the history of your own party’s policies. Bit embarrassing for you.
If you say so, O suppository of all wisdom. In fact I did know, but I didn't think you were capable of having an informed conversation on the topic.
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Suggest you change your name to Johnny Pork Chop.
Make your point, post some facts or stop carrying on.
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I have attached a document describing their principles on Israel-Palestine, which I downloaded from the Greens website.
This may be what Caesar is referring to.
This may be what Caesar is referring to.
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