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Sneak election postmortem: 'Progressive' Labor gives 'ignorant' voters another chance

By Stephen Saunders - posted Wednesday, 7 May 2025


Labor had tamed inflation in an election year – was anyone listening? Well yes, indoctrinated Gen Z voters were keen-as-mustard to savour the shrivelling employment/housing prospects that accompany massive in-migration. Who are we to disappoint these young idealists?

Why did other selfish voters regress to vulgar hip-pocket issues? Why would they imagine overpopulation, falling living standards, stagnant wages, world-level unaffordable housing?

Apart from Murdoch Factor, and that ungrateful tent-prole petitioning PM's coastal retreat, we can never fully elucidate the answers. We just know we dodged a bullet.

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With Dutton hiring a Liberal oaf as his chief political advisor, with the pair displaying all the tactical chops of a Barnaby Joyce or Ros Kelly , fresh outbreaks of Trump Derangement Syndrome soon made the election a rout.

Again, it wasn't us prompting the Coalition, to bucket working from home. They went all 1950s by themselves.

We doubt voting masses fully realise their luck. Despite misgivings, our small party of 60,000 progressives has held their nosesbuckled down bravely to give them another chance.

As Ms Tingle parses it, the complete purge of conservative MPs from inner city seats, the rental disaster and the widespread homelessness, these are notable wins for social cohesion. Through her bejewelled lens it's the Coalition not us prosecuting ideological "culture wars". How good is our billion dollar propaganda ministrycommunity broadcaster!

Nevertheless, we can't leave it all to enlightened schools and universities, to inculcate the eternal Labor-Greens truths. Democracy and equality can only flourish under the auspices of UN-OECD-EU climate-action and open-borders. Otherwise, you'd be a racist.

Our progressive hymn is sheeted home – but we must always continue to battle voter ignorance.

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Dr Craig Eminem PhD FAAS FPIA Dr Jai Weathervane PhD FESA FAICD May 2025>>

 

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