Comments on: The shock of 1995 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Guy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36768 Guy Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:00:43 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36768 Not necessarily Razor. While the old saying goes that the voting public always make the correct decision, they don't always make the <b>best</b> decision. The GG dismissing Whitlam a month before the election also didn't help his chances of getting re-elected. A 1977 election might have turned out completely differently. Not necessarily Razor. While the old saying goes that the voting public always make the correct decision, they don’t always make the best decision.

The GG dismissing Whitlam a month before the election also didn’t help his chances of getting re-elected. A 1977 election might have turned out completely differently.

]]> By: Razor http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36753 Razor Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:03:03 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36753 Guy - It is the people who vote Governments into power. If Cough's dissmissal was wrong, don't you think the people would have voted Cough back in? Guy - It is the people who vote Governments into power. If Cough’s dissmissal was wrong, don’t you think the people would have voted Cough back in?

]]> By: flute http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36708 flute Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:28:47 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36708 Well now that the bell is tolling for Blair they might get a proper Labour government. Well now that the bell is tolling for Blair they might get a proper Labour government.

]]> By: Guy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36706 Guy Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:24:33 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36706 It could be worse Flutey - you could be still in the Old Dart. With Blair and whoever the Tory leader is these days (it hardly matters, amusingly) squeezing the country back into Thatcher's clothes between them. Fraser's said some intelligent things since leaving office, but he has never had a foot to stand on when it comes to the dismissal. His rationale for what his party did was founded much less on a specific constitutional interpretation than a conscious-free desire to get the conservatives back in power. It could be worse Flutey - you could be still in the Old Dart. With Blair and whoever the Tory leader is these days (it hardly matters, amusingly) squeezing the country back into Thatcher’s clothes between them.

Fraser’s said some intelligent things since leaving office, but he has never had a foot to stand on when it comes to the dismissal. His rationale for what his party did was founded much less on a specific constitutional interpretation than a conscious-free desire to get the conservatives back in power.

]]> By: flute http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36692 flute Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:46:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36692 Did you hear Fraser on the radio defending himself saying that he was adhering to the old convention of a government having to pass its budget through parliament? Still clinging to the notion of legitimate action. Did you hear Fraser on the radio defending himself saying that he was adhering to the old convention of a government having to pass its budget through parliament? Still clinging to the notion of legitimate action.

]]> By: Lefty Elitist http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36683 Lefty Elitist Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:06:29 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36683 Indeed Flute... I was teaching Politics 1 in the UK in 1994/5, and my students (a mix of Anglo Poms, Afro-Carribean Poms, and Nigerians) were - with the exception of the Nigerians - gobsmacked to hear of the Whitlam dismissal. They literally couldnt believe it was possible. "But that would like the Queen sacking John Major, right?" "F'n unbelievable, Sir" " hey, language - who are you calling Sir?". The Nigerians, however, took it onboard with a shrug. New world governance as usual, they figured. Indeed Flute… I was teaching Politics 1 in the UK in 1994/5, and my students (a mix of Anglo Poms, Afro-Carribean Poms, and Nigerians) were - with the exception of the Nigerians - gobsmacked to hear of the Whitlam dismissal. They literally couldnt believe it was possible. “But that would like the Queen sacking John Major, right?”

“F’n unbelievable, Sir”
” hey, language - who are you calling Sir?”.

The Nigerians, however, took it onboard with a shrug.

New world governance as usual, they figured.

]]> By: flute http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36678 flute Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:52:51 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36678 I reckon we've gone past the pokies with ratty's regime and we're waiting for the 2:30pm doggies from Dapto. Does the Nippon have a TAB? I reckon we’ve gone past the pokies with ratty’s regime and we’re waiting for the 2:30pm doggies from Dapto. Does the Nippon have a TAB?

]]> By: cs http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36654 cs Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:33:19 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/11/11/the-shock-of-1995/#comment-36654 V good Mr Flute. Of course, not quite as good as the live version that I heard one afternoon at the Nippon club - somewhere near the end of the second par, I imagined poker machines. V good Mr Flute. Of course, not quite as good as the live version that I heard one afternoon at the Nippon club - somewhere near the end of the second par, I imagined poker machines.

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