Schadenfreude
John Solomon (38)
Make no mistake, this reflects much poorer on Julia than Tony.
Bullshit.
She secured her government, and from what I can tell (apart from being a wanker) he's done a fine job of being speaker.
Make no mistake, this reflects much poorer on Julia than Tony.
To what high office was Slipper appointed by Abbott?Bullshit.
She secured her government, and from what I can tell (apart from being a wanker) he's done a fine job of being speaker.
Bullshit.
She secured her government, and from what I can tell (apart from being a wanker) he's done a fine job of being speaker.
I don't think it will have much effect. He will still vote with the ALP and the way the investigation is moving it is unlikely he will have any criminal charges bought against him in the next 18 months.
I hope i'm wrong, i'm ready for a change of government.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/slipper-trouble-goes-back-10-years-20120428-1xrn9.html
This is an indictment of both parties: it may only be a relatively small amount of money but Howard did not even need Slipper's vote to stay in government. It may be that the current state of the numbers makes this a more obvious consideration than it would have been in 2002 but the lack of candour with we the public shows how little we matter to the government of any day.
I guess Joolia would have known about this when she appointed him....my suggestion of a benevolent dictatorship is looking like a good option
This was the first i had seen of it. To play the devil's advocate: it was Howard's call - true it is that Howard and Abbott were close and seemed to agree on everything.This is old news and was the reason for my post above which you didn't like questioning why Abbott (a senior minister in the Howard cabinet) should have questioned Slippers position in the party and pushed for pre-selection to be withdrawn before the last election.
Just a hypothetical question for a moment, if Abbott had formed a minority Government does anybody believe he has the moral or ethical standards to have taken action against Slipper as he has called for against Thompson? I certainly don't and hence my previous statements.
The thing is at the last election Howard was well and truly gone and it was Abbott's ship to sail. He knew (if he didn't his leadership is bogus) and has no moral ground to stand on here. Julia has even less. For me this just highlights that the next Government wont be the best we can get just the least worst. They are all very very poor options.
If there was a genuine third option I'd vote for them in a flash. As it stands I don't see how I can vote at all in the next election, my ethics just do not allow me to support any of these contemptable parasites.Vote for the Democrats! Oh wait...
'I've come to find Mr Slipper. The Slipper! Slippery Pete! What is his number? I need to hire him'
Peter Slipper may have been sidelined from the prestigious Speaker's position in Parliament, but there is a job for him with a fake dictator if he wants it.
British actor Sacha Baron Cohen - famous for his Ali G and Borat characters - arrived at Sydney Airport this morning dressed as a dishevelled dictator in Qantas pyjamas and demanding to see "Slippery Pete".
Baron Cohen, sporting a thick accent and accompanied by a bevy of women dressed in military costumes, barked out his plans for his trip to Australia.
"I've come to find Mr Slipper," he said. "The Slipper! Slippery Pete!"
Baron Cohen - who made the mankini famous in 2006 - also appeared to offer Mr Slipper an unspecified job.
"What is his number? I need to hire him," he said.
Baron Cohen is in Australia to promote his new movie in which he stars as Third World tyrant, Admiral General Aladeen, from a fictional country called the Republic of Wadiya.
In real life, he is married to Australian actress Isla Fisher, which gives him a head start on Australian culture.
But his airport escapade this morning can also be taken as proof that Mr Slipper's fame has now gone global.
This is in marked contrast to the assurances from Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr, who has insisted that the Slipper saga was only a "temporary federal issue".
"No one is remotely interested in that here in the United States," Senator Carr said during his overseas travels last week.
The government has been rocked by claims last week that Mr Slipper rorted his Cabcharge entitlements and sexually harassed one of his advisers.
Mr Slipper initially said he would stand aside from the Speaker's chair only until he was cleared of the travel claims.
At the weekend - following a phone call from Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Mr Slipper agreed he would stay away from the speakership until all allegations against him were resolved.
Mr Slipper is not the only federal MP (Moana Pasifika) to achieve international fame at the moment.
Last week, Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten gave a bizarre interview to Sky News, in which he backed the Prime Minister's comments on Mr Slipper without having heard what she said.
"I haven't seen what she's said, but let me say I support what it is she said."
Graham Linehan, writer of Irish sitcom Father Ted, later tweeted a video of the interview with the note, "We feel your pain, Australia."
great article - wasn't aware of this "blog" until your post - could be good.Hildebrand summarises Julia's reign
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-hildebrand-guide-how-labor-destroyed-itself/
As of course we know, Gillard has since spectacularly reversed her position on the carbon tax, and so having exposed herself as a climate change atheist is now trying to convince the exodus of enviro-lefties flocking to the Greens that she is a true believer. Meanwhile double that number of middle-of-the-road voters have written her off as bullshit artist and are declaring themselves for a Liberal leader they largely hate because anything is better than a leader you simply cannot believe.