Malaysia’s diesel subsidy dilemma
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Dutton doesn’t realise importing US politics means the death of the Liberal Party
Politics tamfitronics This article is an instalment of Where to for real Liberals?a series on the future of the Liberal Party under Peter Dutton.Contemplating the future of the Liberal Party, institutions matter, especially the electoral system that stands between the voters and parties of government. Since the 2022 election, it has become clear that two distinctive features of Australia’s electoral system — compulsory and preferential voting — are not working in the Liberal Party’s favour.On July 17 it will be one hundred years since legislation was passed to make voting compulsory in Australia’s federal elections. It was a private members’ bill supported by all parties and it went through both houses in less than a day. The states followed in their own time. Queensland had already introduced it, in 1915. The Australian Workers’ Union was...
The Risky Politics of France’s Hung Parliament
Politics tamfitronics World / July 12, 2024In the days since the New Popular Front won the largest number of seats, political gravity has again exerted itself.People are seen celebrating on the statue of Marianne on the Place de la République to celebrate after the Nouveau Front populaire, an alliance of left-wing parties including La France Insoumise came in first on July 7, 2024, in Paris, France.Paris was in a state of jubilation on July 7. Quite literally, a roar of collective joy could be heard from the rooftops of the French capital when at 8 pm the left-wing Nouveau Front populaire (NFP, New Popular Front) was revealed to have won the largest number of seats in the National Assembly, defying expectations of an imminent majority for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN, National Rally)...
SERIOUSLY? Biden Slams Media for Treating Politics Like Entertainment or Reality TV
Politics tamfitronics There's a classic line in the 1960s film "Dr. Strangelove": "You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"We now have a modern politics version of that, combined with the usual off-the-charts level of self-unawareness."No entertainment or reality TV stuff in here, this is politics":Biden: It is time for us to stop treating politics like entertainment and reality TV. pic.twitter.com/V3gtjRVlzY— Acyn (@Acyn) July 12, 2024Biden's now reading things like that off the teleprompter because hosts and guests on traditionally lefty media outlets like CNN and MSNBC have said that it's time for Joe to step aside. Biden is, at least in part, blaming the media for what everybody saw at the debate (and on several occasions before and after that particular faceplant):Biden crowd begins booing reporters during this riff.“The press has been...
