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The sorry state of Liberals

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 - It would be hard to imagine how a State Government could be more laughed at by its people than that of Morris Iemma in New South Wales but the Newspoll published in The Australian this morning shows not only that Labor would win an election but its lead over the Liberal-National Coalition is actually higher now than it was three months ago. more

Malcolm's full support

Tuesday, 22 April 2008 - No wonder, with figures like those above, to hear Malcolm Turnbull calling this morning for Brendan Nelson to be given “a fair go”. No Liberal in his right mind would want to take over when it is clearly not just the leader on the nose but the image of the whole party which is being rejected. more

Dire straits of the Liberal Party

Tuesday, 26 February 2008 - If proof was needed of how far the Liberal Party has sunk in public estimation, the Nielsen Poll in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald shows it. more

Old Habits Die Hard

Saturday, February 09, 2008 - The Federal Liberal Party is clearly in no hurry to throw off the policies of the past and if you look at the Party website you might think that nothing has changed at all since the November election. Pride of place is still given to John Howard and the bogeyman is still the connections of the Labor Party with trade unions. more

A Lesson from the US for Liberals

Friday, February 08, 2008 - There is a lesson for the Australian Liberal Party from the emergence of Senator John McCain as the Republican presidential candidate: given a choice people will invariably choose a politician who is not too far from the centre. more

Parlous State of the Coalition

Monday, November 26, 2007 - It tells us something about the state of the modern Liberal Party when you realise that Saturday's election gave the Party its best share of the vote in its last nine election appearances. There might be nothing flash about a return of 36.1% but it beats the performance at the eight State and Territory elections which preceded it.
Putting Liberal and National together to give a Coalition figure presents a similar picture. The Coalition's federal 41.5% is the only election of nine above 40%. more