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Reply #15 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 5:29pm

muso wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 3:55pm:

They should put Kate Jones from Ashgrove into South Brisbane. She deserves a second go.

why do ANY of them deserve a second go? and if they could only BARELY win the seat with the premier in place, what are they going to do with someone less? they could lose the seat thus compounding their problem.

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corporate_whitey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8896 Archivist	Re: Anna Bligh Announces Shes Quitting Parliment. Reply #16 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 5:56pm The ALP needs to ditch, the bitch, ditch the Liberal university intelligensia and rebuild from working class roots and values or it will never see the halls of power again. Ditch the liberal progressive scum and put blue collar working class candidates in.
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Reply #17 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 6:15pm

corporate_whitey wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 5:56pm:

The ALP needs to ditch, the bitch, ditch the Liberal university intelligensia and rebuild from working class roots and values or it will never see the halls of power again. Ditch the liberal progressive scum and put blue collar working class candidates in. Wink

They are such dull poll following cowards that if that would have worked they would have done it.

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Reply #18 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 6:17pm

Lol, some of the suggestions are really funny. Dick, Jones, Fraser and Rudd. The last one is obviously just a baseless rumour, but the first three are real possibilities. The thing is, though, didn't Labor criticise Newman for not living in Ashgrove? If they put in any of those, then they are hypocrites of the highest order. Besides, it doesn't matter who stands, they will lose. The voters will resent having to go to an election so soon after Saturday. They can see that Bligh had/has no real regard for them, why would she stand when she was just going to retire anyway? A total waste of time and money. The people of South Brisbane will crucify Labor for doing this, and rightly so. The LNP will romp in the by-election.

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Reply #19 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 6:31pm

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 5:29pm:

muso wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 3:55pm:

They should put Kate Jones from Ashgrove into South Brisbane. She deserves a second go.

why do ANY of them deserve a second go? and if they could only BARELY win the seat with the premier in place, what are they going to do with someone less? they could lose the seat thus compounding their problem.

Common sense and history tells us that Labor will claw back many of the seats they lost at the next election so I wouldn't get to excited about the creation of Clivesland. Many of the LNP members will be one term wonders and that will create tensions in the second term and possibly a Labor win by the third election.
You should probably look at past political cycles.
Clivesland will eventually become Queensland again.

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Reply #20 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 6:38pm

adelcrow wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 6:31pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 5:29pm:

muso wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 3:55pm:

They should put Kate Jones from Ashgrove into South Brisbane. She deserves a second go.

why do ANY of them deserve a second go? and if they could only BARELY win the seat with the premier in place, what are they going to do with someone less? they could lose the seat thus compounding their problem.

Common sense and history tells us that Labor will claw back many of the seats they lost at the next election so I wouldn't get to excited about the creation of Clivesland. Many of the LNP members will be one term wonders and that will create tensions in the second term and possibly a Labor win by the third election.
You should probably look at past political cycles.
Clivesland will eventually become Queensland again.

Dont be too sure. the same logic applied to Whitlam didnt work. in 1977 Whitlam picked up just a couple seats after his 1975 belting.

But Im sure there are a few LNP candidates going "Crap! I won... now i have to quit my job and...." Im sure a lot of those who won seats that had 15+% margins didnt expect to win.

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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Anna Bligh Announces Shes Quitting Parliment. Reply #21 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:26pm As far as I'm concerned Anna should have to foot the bill for a by election personally or the next highest vote getter should get the seat. I seen her myself say that she would stay on even if they lost. This is another cost to the taxpayer because someone has a cry
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Reply #22 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:32pm

During the campaign Ms Bligh had said she would stay as the Member for South Brisbane no matter the final result, but she now says the scale of the defeat meant she did not feel she could continue in Parliament.

"I apologise to the people for South Brisbane for any inconvenience and difficulty that my decision today will cause them," she said.

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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Anna Bligh Announces Shes Quitting Parliment. Reply #23 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:36pm A by-election costs anywhere between $600 to $900k. Why does QLD have to pay for this, its been a day since polling. The ALP or Bligh should be forced to pay for it.
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Reply #24 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:49pm

Verge wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:26pm:

As far as I'm concerned Anna should have to foot the bill for a by election personally or the next highest vote getter should get the seat. I seen her myself say that she would stay on even if they lost.

This is another cost to the taxpayer because someone has a cry

Typical of Bligh make a mess and leave it for someone else to clean it up. She would have had a fair crack at retaining the leadership, all she had to do is get 3 others to vote for her...provided she voted for herself. A shadow ministry in any case would be a certainty...possibly 2 given their expanse of candidates.

She's just a big gutless sook. Cry

She should not only have to pay for the by election she should lose her super...
No doubt to sod that gets to stand after her will get a whack for her petulence...which will take them down to 6.
Which is more than they deserve for treating the electorate with utter contempt.

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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Anna Bligh Announces Shes Quitting Parliment. Reply #25 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:50pm Bligh = Scapegoat. Just like any other losing leader. They carry the can for their underlings' stuff-ups. And so they should, it's part of the job. I don't think the Goanna should resign, tho.
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corporate_whitey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8896 Archivist	Re: Anna Bligh Announces Shes Quitting Parliment. Reply #26 - Mar 25^th, 2012 at 9:23pm Anna Bligh was infecting the wrong party. She is a liberal fascist and thats why the working class turned on them.
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Reply #27 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 7:37am

Verge wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:36pm:

A by-election costs anywhere between $600 to $900k.

Why does QLD have to pay for this, its been a day since polling.

The ALP or Bligh should be forced to pay for it.

maybe if a member leaves in the first 6 months after an election for any reason other than death, then the seat should go to the second candidate? that might prompt them to hang around a bit longer!

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AUSSIE: "Speaking for myself, I could not care less about 298 human beings having their life snuffed out in a nano-second, or what impact that loss has on Members of their family, their parents..."

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Reply #28 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 8:52am

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 7:37am:

Verge wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:36pm:

A by-election costs anywhere between $600 to $900k.

Why does QLD have to pay for this, its been a day since polling.

The ALP or Bligh should be forced to pay for it.

maybe if a member leaves in the first 6 months after an election for any reason other than death, then the seat should go to the second candidate? that might prompt them to hang around a bit longer!

To quit the day after should have her stricken from the remainder of the count and the next person in.

Its a joke, a very expensive one.

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Reply #29 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 8:56am

Verge wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 8:52am:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 7:37am:

Verge wrote on Mar 25^th, 2012 at 8:36pm:

A by-election costs anywhere between $600 to $900k.

Why does QLD have to pay for this, its been a day since polling.

The ALP or Bligh should be forced to pay for it.

maybe if a member leaves in the first 6 months after an election for any reason other than death, then the seat should go to the second candidate? that might prompt them to hang around a bit longer!

To quit the day after should have her stricken from the remainder of the count and the next person in.

Its a joke, a very expensive one.

Lets not forget that she promised to stay on for the full term no matter what the result. She's a liar (like Gillard) and a sore loser (like Greens_Liquidated).

I pity the people of her electorate - not just for having a by-election forced upon them but also the fact that Labor thinks it's a good idea to parachute in a person who has been dumped by his own electorate to take over Bligh's so he can be Opposition Leader!

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