New Liberal PM sought as Morrison is failing.... all suggestions considered.

Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

hmmmm - thinking a bit further about it (great excuse to avoid going out straight away - it's a bit cool and there's terrorists out there - feeding the ducks and getting upset because the ducks are refusing some of their offers - so, they run around after the ducks trying to force feed them --- the terrorists are about 3 years old at a guess)

anyway - maybe we don't need a total revolution -

maybe we only need a new party to snare the balance of power - maybe that's enough if they can be kept to strong principles -

go on the platform of change - but, also be honest - we don't expect to win - but, if we get power - then, guess what -------------- it's Aussies who are in charge ---------- not corporate sponsored party people

that could work ----------- get donations from private people only - NO strings - NO meetings -------------- just donate or not

if they managed to swing the balance of power ---------- USE it - put up ideas to government -------------- and, use the balance of power to do deals -

normal politics - yes, we'll vote for this for you - if you put this up and vote with us on it -

if you don't --------------------- south you go - including supply if necessary

with such a fine balance atm ---------- you really wouldn't need many seats at all

I'd try to go with non politically seen people - like - even though Julie Bishop is popular - she's a polly -------- so, I'd leave her out -

yes, probably someone like Dick Smith - he seems popular - it doesn't really matter too much if the front person knows a lot about politics - it would be best if they were not political types really

as long as the engine room knows what it wants, how to get it and leaves the front of house stuff to the TV head

for front of house - just get anyone popular who can't be bought

as long as they look good and sound good - that'll do

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There were many failed attempts at a viable 3rd party ranging back as far as the
mid 50s labor split.

IMO, the Democrats had the best chance of challenging the duopoly but it seems that
voting for the GST & sleeping with a Labor Minister put the tin hat on it.
(Fancy the electorate voting in Peter Dutton to replace Cheyl Kernot in her electorate?)

IMO the LNP/Nats are having problems hanging in there because of the need to be two faced:
-Neo Liberals re City Matters & Agrarian Socialists in Rural matters.......wink wink....say no more..eh?

The Greens Socialist policies seem to falter outside middle class suburbs, IMO.

It also appears that there are fundamental fault lines in both the Libs (small L Libs vs Right Wing Conservatives)
and the traditional Left vs the Right in Labor.

IMO, the conservative press has pushed politics a step to the Right (as in the Rocky Horror Show) which, IMO
leaves an opening for a genuine moderate Left wing party without environmental or Trade Union baggage.

But I guess populism panders to the disenchanted who , as the Americans say, don't have a college degree
and who ought to be slightly Left Wing with their nemesis being the Uber Rich rather than migrants,
the welfare class, and Aboriginal Aussies. But I guess we too have a dream...an Aussie Dream.

As Yeats said:
"I have spreadmy dreamsunderyourfeet;
Tread softlybecauseyou treadonmy dreams"