(June 24, 2010 at 4:12 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:Forgive my lack of political savvy but I thought a vote for the Greens was a vote for Labour???
That depends on how many primary votes they get. I'm hoping enough people are sufficiently pissed off with both parties for the Greens to gain a few more seats. Ideally,enough for a coalition with Labor.
There is no such thing as a "coalition' with Labour...as far as I understand it...it is a case of "tow the party line or you will be politically assassinated" the current result is proof positive of that understanding.
As I have stated...a vote for the Greens is a vote for the Labour party. All kudos to Ms Gillard but I do think that the method played out in front of the Australian people is a wake up call to the same Australian people as the the actual mechanisms that drive our Government and political landscape. IMHO
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