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Oz Election Thread #7 - Turnbull's LNP

 
 
Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 08:08 am
#libspill2 has given us a new pm. Malcolm Turnbull. 54 - 44 by the parliamentary liberal party on a platform of "this **** sandwich needs be talked up a bit"

His term of just on two years is the shortest of an elected pm since Holt hitched a ride on Chinese submarine in 1967ish and is third ousting of a pm by his/her colleagues in 5 years, making Australia one of the most unstable democracies in the pacific.

Big night on Twitter. Will do some collation tomorrow.
 
dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 08:39 am
@hingehead,
Why do I feel so happy? He's already announced no change on things like asylum seeker policy.

But there's joy!!!!!
izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 08:52 am
@dlowan,
I felt the same when the Tories ousted Thatcher, but they then went on to win the 92 election.
hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 02:09 pm
@izzythepush,
I imagine Shorten is shitting himself about the debates come election time. I wonder if Turnbull will be able to restrain himself from saying "It's 'with' Bill, not 'wiv'."
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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 02:12 pm
@dlowan,
I wasn't sure whether I wanted Tony to get arseholed by the electorate or his party more. Still doing the schadenfreude calculations.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 03:40 pm
We're all just glad that the middle aged white male catholic private school Rhodes scholar got in.

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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 03:49 pm
They can throw this bike in the van

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO5NM_0WwAA2uqP.jpg:large
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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 03:53 pm
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO5F8PuWoAAjSdb.jpg
dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 04:58 pm
@hingehead,
You know, no matter how awful they are, I always find sympathy for them as the pack hunts them down....
hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 05:01 pm
And then there were none.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO3fABlUYAAMJlq.jpg
Wilso
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 05:11 pm
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:

You know, no matter how awful they are, I always find sympathy for them as the pack hunts them down....


Not me. Abbott's a maggot.
Let's hope he does a Rudd and destabilises the Libs to the point that they can't win next year.
Pearlylustre
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 05:27 pm
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:

Why do I feel so happy? He's already announced no change on things like asylum seeker policy.

But there's joy!!!!!


I feel the same. Regardless of what happens now I took great pleasure in Abbott's humiliation yesterday and when I got out of bed this morning I was happy all over again when I realised that it would be our first day without him as PM.
dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 07:35 pm
@hingehead,
hingehead wrote:

And then there were none.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO3fABlUYAAMJlq.jpg


That picture should have seen an immediate end to all their political careers.
hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 07:38 pm
@dlowan,
I can't believe they dropped the apostrophe. Scum.
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spikepipsqueak
 
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Reply Mon 14 Sep, 2015 09:46 pm
@Wilso,
Wilso wrote:

dlowan wrote:

You know, no matter how awful they are, I always find sympathy for them as the pack hunts them down....


Not me. Abbott's a maggot.
Let's hope he does a Rudd and destabilises the Libs to the point that they can't win next year.


I like Turnbull as much as anyone else, and it worries me.

The fact of his not being Abbott probably only modifies the more extreme policies. Abbott was leading the Libs to a single term, but Turnbull can likely get in again.
dlowan
 
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Reply Tue 15 Sep, 2015 12:04 am
@spikepipsqueak,
Yep. So who will replace Shorten?
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nacredambition
 
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Reply Tue 15 Sep, 2015 12:54 am
@Pearlylustre,
Quote:
I feel the same.


I can only imagine
that ousting my sitting member
adds another term or two to the coalition of the shilling.



Pearlylustre
 
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Reply Tue 15 Sep, 2015 03:57 am
@nacredambition,
Don't get me started on your sitting member! ( Oh I already did. )

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cherrie
 
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Reply Tue 15 Sep, 2015 07:30 pm
@hingehead,
https://scontent.fper2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12033152_701864103279790_3133902102245458348_n.jpg?oh=b3fb763f652308fe0618b27aa2208fb7&oe=5664491D
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cherrie
 
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Reply Tue 15 Sep, 2015 07:35 pm
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