greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 9:35am:


The problem is that this has been said about the last 3 or 4 labor leaders

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 9:53am:


Albo is a decent guy.

He's smart, and has a genuine interest in helping fellow Australians.

The voting public don't care about that, though.

Morrison is living proof: he's as dumb as a box of hammers, and doesn't have an altruistic bone is his happy clapping body, yet the Australian public voted him - and his corrupt coalition partners in crime - back into government.

Albo's main problem is his reluctance to align himself with the Unions.

That, and his complicated policies.

Three word, one syllable slogans - that's all the stupid voting public cares about.

"Stop The Boats".

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 9:35am:

Many said the Coalition would never win an election with Abbott as leader.

We should wait and see on Albo's chances, but you underestimate Albo at your peril. He's as cunning as a dunny rat and will have Scummo's measure.

For an example, take a look at how Labor has handled Question Time since Albo became Labor leader. Labor's questions are much shorter and get straight to the point, leaving little room for "relevant" digressions. Labor will often target a weak Minister with a series of questions over multiple days to put them under maximum pressure. Angus Taylor is a particular favourite target. Labor's even asked questions that they knew were out of order just to put their allegations in the Hansard record under parliamentary privilege. Labor's tactics have caused government frontbenchers to lose their cool more than once. The money shot was getting Scummo to lose his temper and go all shouty, which allows Labor to assassinate the faux "daggy drunkard dad" persona in the next election campaign.

Where Albo fails currently is in supporting too much government legislation. Albo should copy Abbott's "Dr No" tactics and oppose a lot more of it. In opposition, bad laws should be opposed, in government they should be repealed.

Nevertheless, Albo has recorded a 12-point shift in his net satisfaction rating in three weeks. That's significant. We should wait and see.

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 10:04am:

It's too soon for Labor's new policies. If Albo's tight focus in Question Time is any guide, I expect Labor's going to take more focused policies to the next election.

Some slogans that I would like to see:

* "Clean out Corruption"
* "Stop the Rorts"

The first time these are mentioned can come with detail:

* "Clean out Corruption" (a national integrity commission with strong powers, inquiries into the Coalition's numerous dodgy closed tenders, a Royal Commission into money laundering at Australian casinos, more transparency with political donations, etc.)
* "Stop the Rorts" (multiple government programs being used to porkbarrel in marginal seats, water entitlements being abused, etc.)

Then the slogan can stand in for the policy packages. See how the Coalition's corruption and malfeasance is boiled down into two simple slogans?

Bam wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 12:35pm:


Good idea and fits I. With greggerys idea of 3 word slogans. Also those slogans should resonate with Aussie's who are sick of the corruption.

They won't do it

Spot

Captain Nemo wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 1:49pm:



Or, in the case of the USA, a very unpopular candidate was elected on a platform of policy lies.

Trump lost the popular vote by 3 million votes, even though Clinton was extremely unpopular herself.

Moreover, his major policy platform was building a wall and getting Mexico to pay for it.

After three years, not one single inch of new wall and not a single peso from Mexico.

Things are very different now.

Nice guys with good policies aren't guaranteed the top job anymore.

You only have to look at Trump, Morrison, and Boris Johnson to see that.

Three thoroughly corrupt & inept buffoons who have absolutely no idea what they're doing.

itisthelight is right onto Gweggy the FAKE NEWS VIRUS from WA and his fake news from 50 years ago. Is Gweggy going senile ?   Sounds like it.

You can tell ScoMo's endless successes are tearing the Lefties apart as they see Albo becoming a disciple of ScoMo and trying to be like him and copying the successful Lib's policies.

Do the disillusioned Lefties think Albo is a traitor to Socialism ?

philperth2010 wrote on Nov 11^th, 2019 at 6:06pm:


Which is kinda ridiculous really. Why do they need to be so tough? Good policies should be all they need (and neither party has those anymore).

Spot