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Drool Britannia!
Today we celebrate the marriage of an unemployed¹ man, the son of a barking madman and a kindergarten teacher, to a fashion accessory buyer, the daughter of a flight attendant and a flight-attendant-made-good as a mail order salesman. Nothing wrong with that, of course. There are many people who get married every day with a [...]
Posted: 29 April, 2011 in Australian Values, Culture, History, love, politics and government, values.
Tags: America, australia, Australian political values, Australian royal values, Australian Values, battenberg, beckham, becks, Britain, British values, Briton, charles, colonial, colonialist, colonies, colony, Crown, david beckham, Drool Britannia, Elizabeth, fashion accessory, fashion buyer, Germany, household cavalry, james hewitt, Kate, marriage, Middleton, mountbatten, neoteny, posh spice, queen, romance, romantic, royal wedding, saxe-coburg-gotha, values, victoria beckham, wedding, William, Windsor
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Let’s Get This Straight
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.
Posted: 9 September, 2010 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, History, Life, politics and government, Sex, values.
Tags: 2PP, Abbott, AEC, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Bandt, coalition, Electoral Commission, Greens, Hockey, independents, Katter, Labor, Liberal, most seats, most votes, National, Oakeshott, political values, politics, primary votes, Pyne, swing, two party preferred, Wilkie, Windsor
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The Reality of So-Called “National Seats”
What pisses off Sir Roger is how people, urging the independents to side with the Coalition, refer to Kennedy, Lyne and New England as “National Party seats”.
Posted: 6 September, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Media, politics and government, values.
Tags: Australian political values, Australian Values, Greens, independents, Katter, Kennedy, Labor, Lyne, National Party, Nationals, New England, Oakeshott, party politics, politics, primary vote, values, Windsor
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Perfectly Balanced
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.
Posted: 30 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government.
Tags: Abbott, Australian Politics, Crook, Gillard, hung parliament, independents, Katter, Labor, Liberal, Milne, minority government, National, Oakeshott, politics, Windsor
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And Now For the Porkfest
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
Posted: 25 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, fun, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian Politics, Bishop, Death Stare, election, Gang of Four, Gillard, independent, independents, Katter, Kennedy, Lyne, negotiation, New England, Oakeshott, politics, pork, Swan, Windsor
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Don’t Forget Someone Has to be Speaker
In all the talk about hung parliaments and who’ll be first to 75 the pundits seem to be ignoring that whoever’s first to 75 would have to provide a Speaker
Posted: 22 August, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: australian election, Australian government. government, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Bennelong, Catter, constitution, deliverance, Denison, election, Greens, hoi polloi, hung parliament, independents, Labor, Liberal National Country Party, Oakeshott, parliament, political values, politicians, politics, preferred, senate, stable government, Tasmania, two-party, Wilkie, Wilson Tuckey, Windsor
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