So in the Cimitière Montmartre I found one of my heroes. Émile Zola   That is to say, I found the memorial. He is interred at the Panthéon. Why a hero? Amongst his many writings Emile Zola wrote this, which is as relevant today in our political discourse and climate as it was almost [...]

Where has Sir Roger been? Why has he been absent from his adoring public? Well, first and least, how could Sir Roger satirise Australian politics any more than Australia’s laughingstock politicians were doing by themselves? How could he point out the ridiculous any more clearly than the ridiculous politicians themselves? It is an unavoidable fact [...]

 Wimbledon parallels Australian politics for tennis tragic Sir Roger on this Men’s Finals day. So in a nutshell, the way Australian politics is going at the moment, Labor is 2 sets to love down, and down a break early in the third. Julia really has to drink a cup of concrete and harden up if [...]

  So Immigration Minister Chris Bowen is moved by humanitarian motives. Probably in the same way as his predecessor Philip Ruddock was a fair dinkum believer in the values of Amnesty International while he was ruthlessly screwing the lives of countless fellow human beings. “Let your heart bleed publicly for the oppressed while cruelly oppressing [...]

War criminal Howard has become more unbearable than ever. On top of his strutting arrogance is a smugness to compensate for being such an abject, public failure

It’s hard to look dignified with your bum in the air and your nose sticky with Molluscan mucus trying to convince the stupid gastropods to see it your way.

On 22 August, the day following the Great Big Election Excitement, Sir Roger commented on the real problem with the result … and it has come to pass …

We got what we wanted: we gave both bastards a thumping. And they are both going to have to fight the toughest, most delicate political games of their lives.

Has there ever been an election outcome like it? It simply couldn’t be closer right at the moment with the 2PP at precisely 50% each.

It is such a joy to watch the desperation of the major parties and the cringing, oozingly insincere performances they are now displaying for the Gang of Three

the Swing to “Informal”, at 1.69%, was larger than the swing to the Liberals (0.62%), or any other opposition party. But the swing to the Greens was 3.53%.

Can there be anything that typifies more the plight in which federal Labor finds itself today? PLUS what Bob Catter really feels when no-one’s looking AND MORE

Well, the people have had their say but one doesn’t understand what they mean.

The election in a nutshell – and in Mandarin. And how the Sex Party fits in (if you’ll pardon the expression).

We have a nailbiter, yes, but it’s not the overall result which still looks pretty much assured. The real cliffhanger is …