Taking time out from his customary attacks on PC in schools, Kevin Donnelly has turned his attention to dissing Petro Georgiou:
While the Liberal Party might be a broad church, the fact is the member for Kooyong’s views on issues like mandatory detention and asylum-seekers are so out of the ball park that he would be better suited joining the Democrats or the Greens.
Dr Donnelly appears to be taking his talking points here from the Young Libs’ Alex Hawke, rather than the PM, who’s recently called for a thousand flowers to bloom and a thousand schools of thought to contend.
But I wouldn’t at all be surprised if Donnelly’s view is closer to that held by many Liberals than the PM’s spin.
Anyway, it’s good to see some honesty about the 2001 election from a prominent Liberal, rather than the usual disclaimers:
Under Prime Minister Howard, the Coalition Government has consistently argued for border protection and for taking a hard line on illegal asylum-seekers. Political pundits argue that the 2001 federal election was won on the issue and last year the Australian electorate overwhelmingly endorsed the Government’s stand.
talking about a broad church what happened to the item concerning evangelicals and neo-classical economics?
Talking about a narrow church, where are all those people who yesterday were demanding that Laurie Ferguson be sacked for stepping out of the Labor Party line?
Is public dissent good for Liberals, but bad for Labor?
Yes, I was commenting about this on Tuesday. Unfortunately I think saner heads will prevail and they’re not going to try excising the moderate wing of their party. Pity. Would be good news for the ALP if they did.
Cheers, Mr Lefty, I meant to link to your post.
EP, I think Ferguson should be sacked because he’s incompetent. And there’s a clear difference between Ferguson taking a line contrary to the leader and a position of principle. Anyway, I’ve argued before that conscience votes are inappropriate in the ALP.
Homer, who knows? Somewhere in the churchyard of cyberspace.
Okay Mark, so it’s double standards.
very interesting.
will it be ressurrected?
Possibly transfigured in some way, Homer, and not necessarily on the third day. We’ll see.
Well I don’t won’t make any tents!
??? That’s obscure even for you, Homer!
I think he meant “sense”, not “tents”.
Attempting to interpret Homer’s comments makes me wonder how anyone can do a straightforward literal reading of the Bible!
Homer, the disappearing post is explained here.
I meant tents see peters comments about tranfiguraion in the bible!!!!
This is clearly an allegorical reference to US war crimes in Iraq.
Homer denies that the Bible can be read allegorically!
I make no claims about the Bible. I merely note that Homer should be read allegorically.
I’ll try to get hold of a copy of The Odyssey.
EP, superficially you have a point, and I think our mooted trade of the two would be an excellent idea. However Laurie is both incompetent AND so far right on this issue that no definition of right-left, no matter how deconstructed and postmodern, can say his position has any place at all within a so-called left wing party.
EP what are you allegorically about me?
Homer fix your dangling adverb!
If that’s what it is…??
mp,
how dare you have you not heard of the king of puns!
mp get your house in order!!!