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FaRmLaNd said:
megaman79 said:
eggs2see said:

I'm pretty disappointed by the whole thing.  As others have said, our political system is crap the way an elected prime minister, elected by the people, can be removed by his/her party.  Fare enough if you are doing a terrible job or something, but he really wasn't so bad, and while his popularity was down i find it hard to believe the other guy (tony abbott) would have won the up coming election.

Did you ever think that it wasn't about losing the election, although this was increasingly likely, but rather about securing as much Labor power as possible, and not giving the greens too many seats?

I hope the Greens continue to grow in power, and im sure they will if Labor are too similar to Liberals.


Well theres a huge upswing in Greens support thankfully. I read a lot of there policies on their website and I think I'll be voting for them next election. As are many of my friends and family (several of who are traditional labor supporters).

I doubt that Gillard will stop that momentum, maybe slow it slightly. Though its still too early to tell.

Exactly.  Support for the greens won't change by removing Kevin Rudd and replacing him with Julia Gillard. As she keeps telling us, policies won't be changing, as the government is "strong" but has simply "lost it's way". Whatever the F$%* that means...