Wentworth Bye-Election

[brian ross]

Alex Turnball's message about not voting in the bye-election...

[LEFTWINGER supreme]

Well said

[Rorschach]

Ah he's an immature ponce... he's politically ignorant and should live here before commenting and as the rabid Prog he is join the Greens...

[brian ross]

Wentworth byelection: Liberals in danger as vote slumps to 32.7% – poll

[Rorschach]

Ah he's an immature ponce... he's politically ignorant and should live here before commenting and as the rabid Prog he is should join the Greens...

Honestly with every utterance he proves what a political twat he is... he and LWhinger should get a room and keep each other happy.

Re the election, yet again the Libs have gone with Turnbull's pick and we all know what great political judgement Turnbull has

[cods]

I think we should all wait until its over..

lets hope its not a hung verdict depending on the very last prefs

16 runners in the field it wont be easy.....and its bloody ridiculous..

to be honest I am sick of the lot of them...and our system needs to be changed....

[Black Orchid]

to be honest I am sick of the lot of them...and our system needs to be changed....

Couldn't agree more.

[brian ross]

What should our system be changed to?

Or are you referring to the voting system?

The only systems which are fairer than preferential systems, in ensuring the election of the most popular candidates are optional preferential, Hare-Clark and Multicandidate electoral systems. First-past-the-post is simplistic and can produce a result where the least popular candidate wins the seat.

We could, I suppose go for something completely different - candidates are selected from the general population through a ballot system. We could draw the ballot randomly, we could draw it from a hat. However, that person might not represent the views of the majority of the seat's electors. Who, except a neo-Nazi would like to be represented by a neo-Nazi? Who, except a fool would like to be represented by a fool's candidate, like a PHONy?

[Black Orchid]

MALCOLM Turnbull might be conspicuously quiet ahead of the by-election in his vacated seat, but his son Alex is only becoming more vocal.

Turnbull junior, 36, has been publicly urging voters in Wentworth to send the Liberal Party a message by voting against it. This week he suggested they should choose independent candidate Kerryn Phelps.

A victory for Dr Phelps would rob the government of its one-seat majority in parliament.

Mr Turnbull spoke to Triple J radio last night, again hammering the Liberals’ right wingers. He said a big part of his father’s record was “fighting the good fight against the crazies”.

Asked who he was referring to, Mr Turnbull proceeded to list the top five “crazy” MPs and senators by name.

Tony Abbott was at the top of that list. Mr Turnbull described him as “a singularly destructive human being”.

Peter Dutton, the man whose ambitions sparked the leadership chaos that brought down Mr Turnbull’s father, was second.

He was followed by Energy Minister Angus Taylor, whose stance on climate change and renewable energy clearly bothered Mr Turnbull.

“Despite being very intelligent, he can’t get on the right side of events,” he explained.

Conservative faction leaders Kevin Andrews and Eric Abetz rounded out the list, tied in fourth place.

Mr Turnbull appeared to sympathise with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, saying he suffered from “the same problem my dad had”.

“He’s got some very, very crazy people to deal with who are not particularly rational political actors,” he said.

“Being the leader of the Liberal Party and being sane is like being Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie. It’s always crazy and bad but hopefully you come out and get some stuff done.”

While he paid particular attention to a group he called the “Triple-A” of crazies — “Abbott, Andrews, Abetz” — Mr Turnbull admitted that “frankly, there are people in the Labor Party who are a bit nuts too”.

“It’s just that they’re not dog-whistling to Nazis,” he added.

He said his intervention in the Wentworth by-election had nothing to do with his father, who has conspicuously said nothing in support of Liberal candidate Dave Sharma for weeks.

This morning Malcolm Turnbull mysteriously liked a tweet supporting Dr Phelps, before abruptly undoing the move.

https://www.news.com.au/national/politi ... a3cf191f08

Seriously, why is the media giving this butt hurt little freak air time?

How soon the Turnbulls have forgotten how Malcolm got the top job to begin with. Self absorbed narcissists with absolutely no party loyalty.

[sprintcyclist]

MALCOLM Turnbull might be conspicuously quiet ahead of the by-election in his vacated seat, but his son Alex is only becoming more vocal.

Turnbull junior, 36, has been publicly urging voters in Wentworth to send the Liberal Party a message by voting against it. This week he suggested they should choose independent candidate Kerryn Phelps.

A victory for Dr Phelps would rob the government of its one-seat majority in parliament.

Mr Turnbull spoke to Triple J radio last night, again hammering the Liberals’ right wingers. He said a big part of his father’s record was “fighting the good fight against the crazies”.

Asked who he was referring to, Mr Turnbull proceeded to list the top five “crazy” MPs and senators by name.

Tony Abbott was at the top of that list. Mr Turnbull described him as “a singularly destructive human being”.

Peter Dutton, the man whose ambitions sparked the leadership chaos that brought down Mr Turnbull’s father, was second.

He was followed by Energy Minister Angus Taylor, whose stance on climate change and renewable energy clearly bothered Mr Turnbull.

“Despite being very intelligent, he can’t get on the right side of events,” he explained.

Conservative faction leaders Kevin Andrews and Eric Abetz rounded out the list, tied in fourth place.

Mr Turnbull appeared to sympathise with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, saying he suffered from “the same problem my dad had”.

“He’s got some very, very crazy people to deal with who are not particularly rational political actors,” he said.

“Being the leader of the Liberal Party and being sane is like being Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie. It’s always crazy and bad but hopefully you come out and get some stuff done.”

While he paid particular attention to a group he called the “Triple-A” of crazies — “Abbott, Andrews, Abetz” — Mr Turnbull admitted that “frankly, there are people in the Labor Party who are a bit nuts too”.

“It’s just that they’re not dog-whistling to Nazis,” he added.

He said his intervention in the Wentworth by-election had nothing to do with his father, who has conspicuously said nothing in support of Liberal candidate Dave Sharma for weeks.

This morning Malcolm Turnbull mysteriously liked a tweet supporting Dr Phelps, before abruptly undoing the move.

https://www.news.com.au/national/politi ... a3cf191f08

Seriously, why is the media giving this butt hurt little freak air time?

How soon the Turnbulls have forgotten how Malcolm got the top job to begin with. Self absorbed narcissists with absolutely no party loyalty.

' ........ Seriously, why is the media giving this butt hurt little freak air time? ......... '

yes, it is what i call fake news