Shorten new leader

[kengillard]

lovely.   even tho the members voted more for Albo.....Shorten still won???  how is that fair? the Caucus overrulled the peoples wishes???????????

[poddster]

Its ok Bump, Swannie did the maths 🙂

The extra 4% was factored in to cover inflation 🙂

[just_me_karen]

I'm just surprised that all the people who claim a high IQ don't get the basic maths.

[just_me_karen]

Blush smiley...I fibbed...I do understand why.

[i-once-was-bump]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
I'm just surprised that all the people who claim a high IQ don't get the basic maths.

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Karen it is because they didn't get the basic maths that we had to vote them out of office 

(smillies won't work for me so a really big smile should be at the end of the above sentence.)

[poddster]

They did manage to recognise that by reinstalling Rudd the number of seat would be greater, a furniture saving tactic, he did manage to save a few beanbags.

[newstart2380]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
Overruled? Eh what?


Karen,

Together we’ve chosen a new Labor Leader.

With a Caucus vote of 63.95% and a membership vote of 40.08% which totals 52.02%, the new Leader is Bill Shorten.

This historic vote which combines the votes of Labor Caucus with the votes of 30,426 Labor Party members - a 74% turnout - has changed our great Party forever and is already making us stronger. Since the leadership campaign started more than 4,500 people have said they want to join Labor.

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OMG, where is the harp, la, la,la la la

[freddie*rooster]

Woohoo game on Mate!

[newstart2380]

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@i-once-was-bump wrote:

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@crikey*mate wrote:

so 40% of votes equates to 30, 426 members.

so the Labor party only has approx 80,000 members? Out of 22 million people?

I suppose an additional 4,500 people would seem like a lot.

or does the 30,426 members represent 75% of members, in which case they only have 40,000 members?

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I don't think I am reading it the same as you, 30,426 members = 74% of total members

Of those 74%, 40% voted for Shorten

64% of caucus voted for Shorten so all up 104% voted for Shorten, and they calim to be good with numbers and yet they have 104% of members voiting for 1 of 2 candidates. Go figure. 

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Not only that, how can you have more than 100% of anything ? Yes they are great with figures, not, and that is why we have such a huge deficit.

[poddster]

Haven't you been watching since Swannie became the treasurer?

There has been a new system of counting invented by the super treasurer a system where any number can be used as the result of any equation.

[newstart2380]

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@poddster wrote:

Haven't you been watching since Swannie became the treasurer?

There has been a new system of counting invented by the super treasurer a system where any number can be used as the result of any equation.

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I forgot, he was voted the worlds best treasurer so I guess he is capable of manipulating figures, thank goodness he is gone.