The following is a pretty rational comment following the above Courier Mail article:
Noco, simple question to you: do you honestly believe that if the positions of of Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott were reversed, and the Libs held the minority government, and a Liberal member replicated Craig Thomson's situation, that Mr Abbott would behave any differently from the way Ms Gillard is behaving at present?
If you do think he would handle things differently, could you outline what you believe would be happening?
(And no, I am not in the slightest defending the government, just vainly trying for a bit of objectivity.)
Julia, you would have to ask Tony Abbott that question. I'm sorry, I don't know what he would do in a simliar situation.
I could pass an opinion and it may be completly different as to how Abbott would handle it.
The chances of the same senario happening would be, in my opinion, very remote.
Noco will have no answers until Andrew Bolt releases his latest blog,but then again there could be an old Alan Jones podcast there somewhere he could reference.
I can read the paper and know what noco has typed before i log on.
Bless his blue heart
(And no, I am not in the slightest defending the government, just vainly trying for a bit of objectivity.)
Only, it seems, when they were forced to via the outrage of their members.Even his own union has asked the police to investigate his alleged criminal activities.
Isn't this typical of these union heavy weight thugs intimidating Kathy Jackson.
I say "good on her for standing up to these t*^d>"........They as low as a rattle snakes belly.
BTW todster, this did not come from Bolta.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...g-thomson-affair/story-e6freooo-1226123180706
Julia, you would have to ask Tony Abbott that question. I'm sorry, I don't know what he would do in a simliar situation.
I could pass an opinion and it may be completly different as to how Abbott would handle it.
The chances of the same senario happening would be, in my opinion, very remote.
The principle of the issue does not relate solely to the involvement of the union.It couldn't happen at all because Liberal polititions are not former union bosses like so many of the Labor ones are so the same scenario would not occur.
Not allowing union leaders to live high off their union members contributions is un-Australian.
And not allowing union leaders to have a root at a brothel in between $300 meals and $500 bottles of wine is a capitalist plot to deny workers the right to have spent their union dues as they see fit.
This thread is degenerating in to an anti-union rant.
Leave the unions out of this.
Leave Craig Thomson to the parliament.
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Not allowing union leaders to live high off their union members contributions is un-Australian.
And not allowing union leaders to have a root at a brothel in between $300 meals and $500 bottles of wine is a capitalist plot to deny workers the right to have spent their union dues as they see fit.
This thread is degenerating in to an anti-union rant.
Leave the unions out of this.
Leave Craig Thomson to the parliament.
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The unions are very similar to sporting groups and other member based institutions, they rely on trust and common belief.
This in itself lends itself to abuse, there are very few that do not at some stage fall victim to misplaced trust and loyalty. Predatory people have a field day taking advantage of loose checking and blind faith of the membership.
Fortunatelly it is examples like these that make people more vigilant and unfortunatelly less trusting.
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The principle of the issue does not relate solely to the involvement of the union.
Plenty of other ways to steal or otherwise be dishonest.
Are you actually saying it's impossible that any Coalition member would ever be (a) dishonest, and/or (b) as unbelievably stupid as Mr Thomson has demonstrated himself to be?
I could possibly agree with the latter, but hardly the former.
No I'm not saying that, I think it's quite possible for a coalition member to be dishonest and/or stupid, but the basis of this case involves the rorting of a union, an organisation intrinsicly linked with Labor and Labor only so it couldn't happen to a Coalition polititian.
No I'm not saying that, I think it's quite possible for a coalition member to be dishonest and/or stupid, but the basis of this case involves the rorting of a union, an organisation intrinsicly linked with Labor and Labor only so it couldn't happen to a Coalition polititian.
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