Archive for August 23rd, 2010
Australia shifts left – Labor dead; Greens revitalised
Posted by John, August 23rd, 2010 - under Labor Party.
Tags: Election 2010
Comments: 5
Jack Waterford (‘Don’t blame the messengers, Julia’) points out in the Canberra Times of 23 August that Labor lost ‘even more [votes] to its left’. The swing to the Greens of 3.8 percent was more than double that to the Conservatives. But I disagree with Jack that this means what Labor needs is a makeover of Julia Gillard as […]
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Labor’s rightwing policies opened the door for Abbott
Posted by John, August 23rd, 2010 - under Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Tony Abbott.
Tags: Election 2010
Comments: 4
Labor has done so badly in these elections because Labor’s appalling right-wing policies offered nothing to its working-class supporters.