Comments on: Parer resignation means Santoro short on numbers

By: Graham Young

Graham Young — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:59:42 +0000

I thought that the whole Liberal Party might fall apart once Howard went, but it appears to be more resilient than that. There are plenty of things that the party can do to get on top of the factionalism and get itself back into government. It won’t be a simple process, and I don’t think it will involve the National Party trying to force a new party on the Liberals.
Without a Liberal amalgamation it is hard to see the “new conservative party” as other than a rebranded Nationals, so it will fail.
Perhaps the person, or people, who will fashion the next non-Labor party are not prominent in the old non-Labor parties at the moment.

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:37:10 +0000

Dave;
Mal Brough certainly has leadership qualities [which then makes me wonder why he is still hanging around with a shambles far more interested in personal squabbling than in politics].
Lawrence Springborg is certainly the most improved politician in Queensland.
I’m not suggesting they would make an excellent combination – like Nicklin and Hiley – but for a single party. Anything would be better than the present and ongoing dog’s breakfast.

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:16:26 +0000

Graham Young:
Maybe Warwick Parer and Mal Brough both know something we don’t and have made wise choices accordingly.
No doubt you have done your utmost to keep things going but even superhuman efforts cannot keep the Liberals – nor the Nationals – afloat for much longer. I think the public is heartily fed up with both the rigid overcontrol of parliamentarians and with all the silly purposeless factional brawling.
There was a possibility of a broad-based alternative to Labor emerging from the ashes of the Howard folly but now even that glimmer of hope has been snuffed out.
That almost guarantees that the public will keep on voting Labor then take enough interest in party affairs to support one flavour or another within the Labor Party. That would be a situation similar to that of the P.A.P. in Singapore where almost all political action takes place within the P.A.P. – with all the remaining parties [such as they are]left crying in the wilderness.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:34:28 +0000

The thought of either John Caris or Dave Elson in charge makes me cringe.
To suggest that there is presently any sort of organised factions in the Divison is laughable.
Given both of these VP’s past factional activity Brough is the best choice whether he is in the State at the moment or not.