@icyfroth wrote:
I read it about half-way through and decided it's actually just another opinion piece, Donna, the likes of which are breezily dismissed as unsubstantial whenever I post similar.
I think you (we) all need to get past this stupid Rudd/Gillard vs Abbott feud and realise that the Australian economy is in serious trouble when we have to borrow $110mil a day just to pay the interest on our debt.
Labor has labelled the government’s spending cuts as “unfair”. However, Mr Fraser’s presentation to Cabinet showed the government was now borrowing almost $110 million a day to pay its bills due to interest payments on debt and the growing Budget deficit, which the Coalition inherited from the previous Labor government."
No leader of any party is going to be popular when they propose cost-cutting measures to try and reduces public spending, especially when the key areas of spending blow-out are welfare and healthcare.
If you think Mr Abbott needs to go, ask yourself who of those baying for his blood want to accept the poisoned chalice.
It's a tough job and Tony Abbott has taken it on. I have yet to see any one of the chihuahuas snapping at his heels that could be even considered any better suited for the job.
This stupid feud, in your words, is a construct of abbott and his sycophants.
They should have copped it on the chin and got on with the job instead of crying that they were robbed and setting on a mission to destroy because what they destroyed was more than just Gillard. He and his fan bois severely damaged our democratic process and protocols, which he will never be able to repair.
He is not a worthy leader and he does not deserve more chances than he has already been given. He used the press in his merciless attempt to destroy Gillard and the independents and the press gave him a free ride for years. If they turn on him now it is his fault and his fault only. They should have scutinised him and his team much sooner.
The country did not need "fixing". The country does not need their kind of "fixing".
The job of the opposition leader has never been to destroy, bring down the government.
As that is all he had in opposition he is finding that he has nothing of value now. He's a sledger, not a team player, not a leader, nothing but an lonely little outsider and a sexist bully boy.
