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Logique said:
Many times I called the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd government a slow motion train wreck.

But the warning signs for the Abbott government are clear, and it starts in the PMs office.

The political instincts are good, but the delivery is abominable.
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And on top of that he was never really warmed too by the lib voters and absolutely hated by lefttards. Any mistake or sign of weakness is crucified. Which makes me wonder what the hell his advisers are doing.

Backflips, breaking promises and going in way to hard on the budget was enough to ruin him way to early. There is a lot of community anger being flamed by the labor machine to attempt to maintain the rage.
Libs seem to be hoping to get down and dirty nearer the election. There will be a lot with one eye on the Qld election results.
 
Logique said:
But the warning signs for the Abbott government are clear, and it starts in the PMs office.

The political instincts are good, but the delivery is abominable.
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Tony Abbott reminds me of someone I had a lot of dealings with some years ago. Seemingly intelligent and capable, but so over the top arrogant and "born to rule, accountable to nobody" as to preclude any sensible negotiation over anything. He completely wrecked the business he was running, and Abbott's doing much the same on a far larger scale.

Arrogance and bullying works in the short term but fails miserably in the longer term due to the huge amount of resistance it fuels. It falls apart once resistance builds to the point that the leader (in whatever capacity) can no longer effectively get anything done. That's precisely where Abbott seems to be slowly but surely heading with the LNP as a whole having much the same outlook it seems (Qld and Tas state governments come immediately to mind). :2twocents
 
Enjoyed this quote (from Peter Van Onselen) in response to Sir Prince Phillip:

Lib MP: "he combines the judgement of Gillard with the madness of Rudd".
 
Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard know something of knighthoods.

They both have the honour of having been knighted by Bill Shorten.
 
Jesus H Christ, what f**king century does Abbott live in? A bloke who has barely set foot in Australia is given an AK (which is itself a throw back to Pig Iron Bob). I thought we moved on about thirty years ago from kowtowing to the British establishment. It'll be snowing in Cairns before I call Herr Mountbatten "sir".

Pathetic.
 
McLovin said:
Jesus H Christ, what f**king century does Abbott live in?
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It's a controversial decision when a government really needs to distance itself from unnecessary controversy.

Have you noticed how tired he looks ?

I think behind the scenes there's something going on.
 
drsmith said:
It's a controversial decision when a government really needs to distance itself from unnecessary controversy.

Have you noticed how tired he looks ?

I think behind the scenes there's something going on.
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I think it's a deplorable case of bad judgment.
  • If the PM wants Australia to remain a loyal subject to the British Crown, how dare he be as presumptuous as to pin a tinpot gong on Her Majesty's Consort?
  • If he thinks Australia is mature and independent enough to issue knighthoods in its own right, "Sir Prince Phillip" must really feel peeved that an upstart from the R's end of the world dares lump him in with commoners.
BTW, has anyone noticed that Tony has picked two new Sires, but no Dame this year?
Maybe it's to appease the hardline Islamists, who consider women chattle and property...:banghead:
 
Logique said:
Prince Phillip came in ahead of all these.

White Hat's 100 Important Living Australians: http://www.whitehat.com.au/australia/people/Living.asp

John Howard, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Rod Laver, Fiona Stanley, Dick Smith, Gabi Hollows, Les Murray, Clive James, Ita Buttrose, Barry Humphries etc etc

Sure some would have refused, but some wouldn't.
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Tim Flannery comes to mind as well; but we'll probably have to wait for a PM whose given name is Malcolm. Who knows, we could have him in less than a year - or it's "Bill" in a bit under two...
 
Righto Tony pass the baton on to Scott.

You were a good opposition leader, the right person at the right time, but unfortunately success at opposition does not always translate to being an astute PM.

I had high hopes for you Tony but you have failed too many times - you just don't have it.

Making a royal an Australian knight - what are you thinking?

PPL - what are you thinking?

A co-payment (that does not even help pay of the debt) - what are you thinking?

We need strong political leadership so that other ship of fools don't get another chance to f*ck up Australia again.

Please stand down.
 
dutchie said:
Righto Tony pass the baton on to Scott.

You were a good opposition leader, the right person at the right time, but unfortunately success at opposition does not always translate to being an astute PM.

I had high hopes for you Tony but you have failed too many times - you just don't have it.

Making a royal an Australian knight - what are you thinking?

PPL - what are you thinking?

A co-payment (that does not even help pay of the debt) - what are you thinking?

We need strong political leadership so that other ship of fools don't get another chance to f*ck up Australia again.

Please stand down.
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TA seems willfully lacking in judgement for what reason only Allah could know.

Even Larry Pickering would have been a better choice than the old Prince.
 
I can't help but think Tony is playing 'rope the dope', can't wait to see how it plays out.:xyxthumbs

Maybe I'm giving him more credit than he is due, but I think he is taking a lot of heat, that the LNP would be taking otherwise.
 
Phil the Greek is a knight of Oz

Try as I might I don't get it, the politics, right wing, I will show you lot, tosser.

I did warn all here Abbott is a tosser but really he is a traitor to Australia and its people happy to subjugate its population to an autocracy in the blind hope he maybe knighted.

Who voted for him please put your hand up and cry with shame. :(:(
 
When he last year announced the return of the Knights and Dames nonsense, he said it would be an opportunity to recognise worthy Australians.

Why then is he bestowing this Knighthood on the already titled Prince Philip?

Quite apart from the inappropriate choice of recipient, you'd have hoped he would at least have been aware of the political repercussions (after the mockery re the restarting of the whole silly idea), plus aware of his reduced standing and loss of confidence from his colleagues, to not - without any consultation of them - suddenly come up with this brain snap.

I can't think of a single reason to hold on to Mr Abbott as Prime Minister.
 
IFocus said:
Phil the Greek is a knight of Oz

Try as I might I don't get it, the politics, right wing, I will show you lot, tosser.

I did warn all here Abbott is a tosser but really he is a traitor to Australia and its people happy to subjugate its population to an autocracy in the blind hope he maybe knighted.

Who voted for him please put your hand up and cry with shame. :(:(
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Well the first thing that has happened, is Billy has popped his head up in the shooting gallery, calling for a Republic.


First President" Showbag Bill".:D

I don't think so.:xyxthumbs
Free washers and dryers all round and a set of steak knives. Can we afford it?
 
Julia said:
When he last year announced the return of the Knights and Dames nonsense, he said it would be an opportunity to recognise worthy Australians.

Why then is he bestowing this Knighthood on the already titled Prince Philip?

Quite apart from the inappropriate choice of recipient, you'd have hoped he would at least have been aware of the political repercussions (after the mockery re the restarting of the whole silly idea), plus aware of his reduced standing and loss of confidence from his colleagues, to not - without any consultation of them - suddenly come up with this brain snap.

I can't think of a single reason to hold on to Mr Abbott as Prime Minister.
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+ 1 its an unusual move and would love to know the motivation behind it as would the rest of the nation I just cannot think of a political reason for it cynical or other wise its quite extraordinary.
 
McLovin said:
It'll be snowing in Cairns before I call Herr Mountbatten "sir".

Pathetic.
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Better call him "Herr Battenberg" LOL See below extract of an article in the "Britannica" on the subject:

The first Battenbergs were a family of German counts that died out about 1314 and whose seat was [...] near Battenberg, in Hesse. The title was revived in 1851, when Alexander (1823–88), a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse, contracted a morganatic marriage with the Polish countess Julia Theresa von Hauke (1825–95), who was then created countess of Battenberg.
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and
the members of the family who lived in England renounced, in 1917, the German title of prince of Battenberg and adopted the English form of Mountbatten
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full text at http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56110/Battenberg-family
 
The world lost the plot when we saw Australian Aboriginals adopt flags and trinkets to display their culture as distinct from the European culture. Of course when we whiteys go abroad we aren't averse to being experts on boomerangs and didgies too, because are so obsessed with icons as trophies of success.

One side of my sword says what a stupid thing giving out titles and bronze discs to people who made their mark through personal endeavour and pleasure, the other side says what does it matter to me what a govt thinks is important when it comes to decorating individuals like a fancy cake....

But then again guess who bought the complete set of relica Victoria crosses when they came out a few years back ... because I think they do deserve some recognition as representative of the brave ones in the army who put their lives at imminent risk.
 
So Rupert is pissed off about the whole awards fiasco and Tony, so today's News Corp feeders are already talking about Tony's head:

http://www.news.com.au/national/ton...he-liberal-party/story-fncynjr2-1227198704319


and:

PRINCE PHILIP: SIR GAFFE-A-LOT


To Aboriginal leader William Brin: “Do you still throw spears at each other?”

To a native woman in Kenya: “You are a woman, aren’t you?

To a British student in China: “If you stay here much longer you’ll go home with slitty eyes.”

To black politician Lord Taylor of Warwick: “And what exotic part of the world do you come from?”

To a tourist in Budapest: “You can’t have been here long, you haven’t got a pot belly.”

At a party in 2004: “Bugger the table plan, give me my dinner!”

To a 13-year-old boy: “You could do with losing a little bit of weight.”

To a nursing home resident in a wheelchair: “Do people trip over you?”

To a penniless student: “Why don’t you go and live in a hostel to save cash?”

On women in general: “I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.”

ellen.whinnett@news.com.au
Originally published as Abbott ‘pushing his luck with this one’
 
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