Political Spectrum

[SirRumpole]

I'm interested in the opinions of those here as to where our current and past governments have been positioned in the political spectrum.

So of we take -10 as Communism (State ownership of resources and production) and +10 as Total deregulation and corporatisation of all government functions, where would the current Liberal, Labor and Green Parties stand, and also past governments ?

How about Whitlam, Hawke/Keating, Howard, Rudd, Gillard?

Personally I'd rate Whitlam -5, Hawke/Keating +2, Howard +4, Turnbull +3, Shorten +1, Abbott +8, Greens -3, Xenephon 0, Palmer +7, Rudd 0, Gillard -2.

Any thoughts ?

 

[Tisme]

Rumpole:

Victim	-10	-9	-8	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Liberal
Labor
Green										x
Whitlam						x
Hawke													x
Keating													x
Howard															x
Turnbull														x
Shorten												x
Abbott																			x
Zen											x
Palmer																		x
Rudd											x
Gillard									x

Tisme:

Victim

-10

-9

-8

-7

-6

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Liberal

x

x

x

x

Labor

x

x

x

x

x

x

Green

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Whitlam

x

x

x

x

Hawke

x

x

x

x

Keating

x

x

x

x

Howard

x

x

x

x

Turnbull

x

x

x

x

Shorten

x

x

x

x

Abbott

x

x

x

x

Zen

x

x

x

Palmer

x

x

x

x

x

x

Rudd

x

x

x

x

Gillard

x

x

x

 

[SirRumpole]

Like your ranges Tis.

Was initially puzzled by your opinion of Palmer, but I see your point. He's protectionist when it comes to him and his business, and bugger everyone else.

 

[Tisme]

Of course Paul Keating was of Manning Clark's opinion that there are two kinds of Australians: enlargers versus the punishers/straighteners.

Perhaps that would be a better spectrum analysis?

 

[SirRumpole]

Of course Paul Keating was of Manning Clark's opinion that there are two kinds of Australians: enlargers versus the punishers/straighteners.

Perhaps that would be a better spectrum analysis?

Clive is certainly an enlarger.

He's probably larger than he was before he went into Parliament due to dinners with Malcolm Turnbull.

Abbott was certainly a punisher. Don't know what we could say about Howard, he didn't seem to stand for much.

Turnbull is an enlarger, Rudd probably was, Gillard too.

 

[PZ99]

Hi

Greens -6
Whitlam -5
Labor -1
Gillard -1
Rudd +1
Shorten +2
Xenephon +2
Hawke +2
Keating +3
Turnbull +4
Liberal +4
Howard +6
Abbott +7
Palmer (mornings) +7
Palmer (afternoons) -7

PZ99 -1