Two Myths of Australian Politics - March 2023
So the 2023 NSW State Election has been run and won by the Labor Party. The Liberal Party got the result that they deserved. They have continued to take their grassroots membership and followers for granted. They have continued to ignore their own stated beliefs despite several successive election losses. Back in August 2022 I wrote of my despair and concerns about the direction (or lack thereof) of the Liberal party. Then, it became blatantly obvious to me last year when I attended the 2022 CPAC conference that the Liberal party leadership were incapable if looking inward, unwilling to listen to their constituents, and unwilling to see past their own noses. Certainly, nothing has changed within the Liberal Party of Australia. So on election day, I found myself out the front of our small-town's polling place handing out how-to-vote cards for One Nation. This is a job I enjoy doing. I get to talk to a lot of people, share my ideas and thoughts, and find it...