Labor Ruined Themselves

[silverfaun]

Will Shorten have the inner strength to do this or will it be business as usual.

Papering over the massive problems they have and tinkering around the edges, to fool the voters that they have really changed and have the wellbeing of Australians at heart,  rather than worrying about themselves and their own jobs.

A self centred and odorous malaise they have been wallowing  in for the last 6 years.

It's taken seven long months watching Labor carry on as if they hadn't lost the election, clinging onto failed policies and acting like spoiled children in Parliament.

It has been the blind leading the blind and don't mention the loss.

It’s not easy to say, but we did it to ourselves, says Bill Shorten

BILL Shorten says Labor must face some “hard truths”, as he gears up to campaign for party reforms that he believes will lure back voters after the party saw its primary vote tumble to a historic low of 21.8 per cent in the re-run of the West Australian Senate election.

The Opposition Leader says Labor needs to take responsibility for last year’s election defeat and make sweeping changes if it is to return to government.

Mr Shorten believes Labor’s troubles go deeper than having an image problem or trouble selling its message.

“It is more serious than this,” he says in a rallying call to Labor supporters.

“We need to change ourselves. We need to change our party.

“Today is a day for facing up to some hard truths. Some of this won’t be easy to hear — not all of it is easy for me to say. Tony Abbott did not put Labor in opposition; the Australian people put us here.

“And unless we change it is where we will stay.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/its-not-easy-to-say-but-we-did-it-to-ourselves-says...

[polksaladallie]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
I read another site that claimed he took off with a girlfriend lol

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I think you'll find if he did it was a boyfriend. 

[just_me_karen]

Haha that's funny, Deb. we're you nervous in case you found him?

I heard the Russian submarine theory too...and another one about alien abduction

[debra9275]

it was challenging Karen

a bit of rock climbing involved   

I was more nervous about finding the aliens or disappearing myself i think

[spotweldersfriend]

In the end if Palmer's party just mirrors the libs it will end up like the Democrats-history.

[silverfaun]

Fantasists, most on here following a failed Labor party, still believing the Labor party will come back from the dead and deader position.

[pixie-six]

Hello everyone,

This thread is going slightly off topic. Please stick to the topic, "Labor Ruined Themselves".

Thanks!

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@silverfaun wrote:

Fantasists, most on here following a failed Labor party, still believing the Labor party will come back from the dead and deader position.

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What party would you like to see replace Labor in opposition - or do you believe in a one party state?

[poddster]

If labor happen to retain the status of a parliamentary party they will remain in opposition for maybe 2 decades, so no need of a replacement 🙂

[*crikey*mate*]

Two decades? It doesn't take that long to learn how to knit!

[poddster]

some lefties would have to be fast learners to manage that skill in 2 decades.

I have it on good authority that Gillard started at age 5