The fall and fall of Queensland Labor

[Matilda]

On reflection Labor's impending resounding election defeat is not easy to explain. While there have been many policy debacles and scandals under Labor including some very recent ones, the Queensland government has not resembled the shame of its New South Wales counterpart prior to its defeat last year.

The real turning point for the Bligh Government seems to have been after the 2009 election when it announced major privatisation that had not been mentioned during the election campaign. And Labor's long term in office seems to have been the other tipping point.

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It means the amalgamated LNP experiment has worked. There will be pressure for amalgamation of the National and Liberal parties across Australia. A long held dream of a single non-Labor party might at last be fulfilled.

If Newman wins Ashgrove, then the idea of having a leader recruited from outside the parliamentary wing could be used elsewhere. Incumbent opposition leaders should watch out!

http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=30630


I'm hoping against hope that Kate Jones can hold Ashgrove. Nothing can stop the LNP winning, but at least if Campbell Newman doesn't get in, something will have been achieved. He's like an even uglier Tony Abbott, with his mad eyes and ugly mouth. (How's that for a subjective opinion?)