Australian Scummers

RichardGHP · Post Post #60 (isolation #0) » Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:10 pm

Why not send some of that hot weather our way? We could use it and you have at least 15 degrees to spare.

RichardGHP · Post Post #73 (isolation #1) » Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:37 pm

Except when they do.

RichardGHP · Post Post #75 (isolation #2) » Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:50 pm

It's not like you can control what day a holiday falls on.

(I get what you mean, I'm just pointing out that it's kind of cheating. I think we just recently implemented the same thing here.)

RichardGHP · Post Post #133 (isolation #3) » Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:00 am

You guys totally should have done this when I was in Sydney a few weeks ago

RichardGHP · Post Post #219 (isolation #4) » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:55 am

What do you guys think of Tony Abbott giving a knighthood to Prince Philip? As far as it's being reported over here, the PM seems like public enemy number one.

RichardGHP · Post Post #229 (isolation #5) » Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:23 pm

Sounds like you hate Abbott almost as much as the Brits hate Cameron. Apparently the election result in 2013 was not so much a vote of confidence in Abbott but a vote of no confidence in Labour?

I know it's possible, but I have a really hard time imagining the Liberals rolling him, given how mercilessly they attacked Gillard over her leadership problems.

RichardGHP · Post Post #242 (isolation #6) » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:32 pm

Liberal MP to (apparently) move spill motion against party leadership, including Julie Bishop

Looks doubtful of going anywhere, but I suspect it will ruffle a few feathers at least.

RichardGHP · Post Post #246 (isolation #7) » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:48 am

If I were Abbott, I'd go about obtaining a confidence motion from the caucus (or even Parliament if the Liberals have the requisite numbers) to claim my mandate. Snap elections are more a last resort sort of thing (if you can't pass a vital supply bill like the budget, for instance). If Julie Bishop does stand by him as she says she will, Abbott will probably be safe because the renegade backbenchers know the party would be toast otherwise. He needs to show his underlings who's boss.

And in the event that he lost an early election, what's the alternative? Bill Shorten, just on the heels of six years of Labour? I don't know if I really see him as PM material, although I suppose it would at least be an excuse to remove Bronwyn Bishop from the Speaker's chair.

RichardGHP · Post Post #252 (isolation #8) » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:22 pm

In post 248, Quilford wrote:
In post 246, RichardGHP wrote:If I were Abbott, I'd go about obtaining a confidence motion from the caucus (or even Parliament if the Liberals have the requisite numbers) to claim my mandate.

Strong-arming the caucus members into voting for you would only really serve to piss them off. Worse, it looks desperate.

It looks like he doesn't have much to lose, though.

RichardGHP · Post Post #255 (isolation #9) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:10 pm

In post 254, Quilford wrote:Aww.

Not to worry.