The Liberal Party broad church is groaning under the strain of ideological and personality conflicts. While a fully blown schism at some point before the next federal election or shortly afterwards is improbable, it remains well within the realms of the possible.
Political parties come and go. Minor parties tear themselves apart on an almost annual basis. The Liberal Party has been a monolith in Australian politics since 1948 but that does not mean it has a guaranteed future. In a sense it is its own worst enemy, a collective gaggle of participants from the Menzian centre to the outer reaches of the spectrum on the right.
These were the conditions found within the Labor Party post-WWII and led to the split of 1954-55, keeping Labor from forming a viable alternative government for nearly two decades.
Prior to World War II conservative parties in Australia came and went, often tearing themselves apart over weaknesses in administration and brawling over policy and ideology.
Full column here.
Sydney looking down the barrel at 0-5 with the GWS next week. Is it ok I surmise that? My Grand father did play for South Melbourne before the second world war, and I trained with the Swans in 1987 before returning to play in the SANFL. Perentie may know of Doug Promise at the other Bloods.
I believe Steve Silvagni trained at Carlton in 1987. That might be where you see some empathy and feel it incumbent to offer gratuitous advice and worthless commentary. That is the point isn’t it? It’s not that you had ‘ago (sic)’ but how on Earth you could imagine you should offer advice on list management to a man who played 312 games of AFL footy, named the AFL fullback of the century, defensive coach at St Kilda in their GF years and list manager at the Giants in 2011-2014, building the most impressive list in football today. He knows what he is doing. You don’t.
How many games did Brendan Bolton play at AFL level? Is that the criteria to know something about the game now? What about blokes like Arsene Wenger in the other “football” ? What about Bec Goddard the Crows AFLW Premiership Coach? 13th, 18th, 14th. ? What is it SOS knows that say clubs like Hawthorn or Sydney don’t? I think you are being a little touchy about your Blues. Really JTI when did it become a crime to discuss teams, selections etc? Is that not what supporters have done in the front bar or at work or anywhere for that matter since the beginning of sports? I get it you don’t like me that’s cool but to attack me just for having an opinion is pretty ordinary. I was asking a question of you a supporter and yes I made a self evident observation on SOS and your response? Over the top to say the least.
Stop whining.
JtI, “I mean, seriously, you stick your chin out and complain when you get slapped. I could have posed the simple question: WTF do you know about AFL list management? And then sent you a postage stamp and a texta so you could write your reply in full.”
Just in case you missed it the first time Dismantled.
How many AFL games did Brendan Bolton play MtK? Because that is no the measure to know anything apparently. You don’t know? Try Zero. So you too are one of those who think discussing sport, teams, selection is now a crime? You are a piss weak sniper Dinosaur. Did you find you tissues yet?
Oh and I just want to add Wayne Harmes was in about the second row in 1980 when he hit the ball back into play. But some of my favourite players of all time have played for Carlton. Peter Motley being right up there, David Rhys Jones, Phil Maylin, Craig Bradly for his gut running alone (even though he played for Pt Adelaide.), Ken Hunter, Wayne Johnson, ‘Bruce Doull. I am a football supporter. I am not brown nosing here but you totally took what I said the wrong way.
JtI, I say Jack, I ve been following with interest your exchanges with Dismayed re his AFL commentary/criticism. It seems that after strapping on a pair of boots at some time in the past in an attempt to emulate his Granddad’s on field time with the Swans he now thinks he’s a Tony Lockett and can now fly with the Eagles.
Tell him he’s dreamin’.
Stick too knitting your tea cosies cotc. I did not even know my Grandfather played for South Melbourne until long after I played the game. You are typical of the weak cowardly people you support. You would not have even known who Tony Lockett was until he went to Sydney. So again stick to your knitting and your sky fairy fantasies.
“We’d turned a religion based on following the ultimately selfless One into an institution that validated selfishness as “blessing” and used any power it possessed to maintain its cultural and political ascendancy. Now, as in Jesus’ time, the political and religious elite collude to maintain the structural and economic inequalities that are of benefit to them. ”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/14/jesus-was-on-the-side-of-the-poor-and-exploited-christian-politicians-should-remember-that