greggerypeccary wrote Today at 10:57am:
Carl D wrote Today at 10:48am:
Yeah, I'm fed up with seeing and hearing about this by-election day in, day out.
As someone said in the paper last week - the pollies don't care about the people of Secret Harbour, all they care about is getting elected or holding on to power.
Having said that, although I am not a fan of Pauline Hanson and One Nation I really hope WA Labor get a swift kick up the rear end today because they deserve it. Or, at least a good 'scare'.
As someone else said in the paper last week, the political party that was forged by workers for workers (Labor) is now a mere shadow of itself. It now represents inner city, public service bureaucrats in well-to-do urban seats.
They seem to believe that all they need to do is turn up to win elections nowadays.
An interesting day lies ahead.
I don't care if Labor loses the seat.
I just hope it doesn't go to One Nation - we don't want them in this state.
If the Libs win, I'd be more than happy.
Heck, I'd even applaud the Sovereign Citizen candidate winning.
Anything, but One Nation.
You will be disappointed, the Libs haven't held the seat for a decade.
Secret Harbour is full of young families for whom housing and cost of living is paramount: both major parties are missing in action, while ON's anti-immigration policy directly addresses lack of housing supply.
[But ON - like the Libs - are economic rationalists who would let vital Oz industry close in the face of overseas competiton].
I'm disgusted with Labor for not admitting that privatization is a misake in many areas, including housing; a win for ON in WA might wake federal Labor up.
So if Labor don't retain the seat, I'll be cheering for ON.