Aussie politics

[andygates]

Ping the Australians: How much do you think the combination of Howard's anti-Kyoto stance and the thousand-year drought of utter parchy doom played into the hands of that bloke who won?  Was it the the first in a series of political shifts we might see where climate change directly affects people's voting record... or was he just a tired old bastard past his sell-by date?

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[simoneck.livejournal.com]

The latter I suspect.
After 11 years in power people start to attibute the failures to you, that they are prepared to overlook at the start.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Should Gordon get his coat? ;)

[simoneck.livejournal.com]

looks like it at the moment.
I've only seen one change of power in my memorable lifetime so far.
The Tories really spiralled down in the last year or two, and labour seem to be doing the same. I'm sure most of these current problems would be passed over if it was labour's first term, but now they can't blame the party before them, they don't have their charasmatic front man and most importantly people are bored with them.
After 10+ years people just want a change it looks like to me.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

It certainly did for Howard.