what a pitiful performance, page-19

No, I mean the people who have pushed the ALP to the far left - (hence all the references of late to 'communists') - and into the arms of the Greens.

The ALP was the party of the working class. Now it's the party of the soft, tenured, opinionated, progressive compassionistas who refer to working people as 'bogans'.

Kim Beazley Snr has a memorable comment on these people.

I mean the people who want to tear every thing down, in order to create a 'society worth living in'.

I mean the people who tolerate democracy only as long as they win.

I mean the people who deny an opposing point of view.

I mean the people who refer to revenue as 'just an input'.

I mean the people who made up the recent, unlamented Labor government