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3 hours is all it took at very most
there was a swing as we knew
but where did that go toward


 

Well...that's disappointing. I'm not sure where to for the Libs from here. I guess it could be the last of the 2 party domination of politics in Australia given the rise of the Greens and independents but in saying that, I expect to be living in a cave in the not too distant future.

Maybe Labor is not so bad after all given the radical alternative.

Anthony Green reckons Basil might miss out on preferences. Winning the primary by a couple of percent but early preferences are swinging 75% Labor's way. The independent and Green rep are polling well. Is Basil still Lord Mayor? He might be doing that for about 4 years.

Latest call from Antony Green is that Basil will get up but more importantly, that moll McGurk looks like getting rolled in my electorate which is a good thing for Freo generally.

It's looking like another disaster for the Liberal Party. Nats might be the opposition again and Shane Love leader of the opposition. I think the Liberals need to beg Colin Barnett to make a comeback and be the Messiah to bring the Liberal Party back from the dead.

DD wrote:

What debt did Labor inherit from Barnett? I think it blew out to 37 billion but Barnett was only getting 30c in the dollar of the GST carve up. This government has been enjoying surpluses on the back of a 70 cent floor in GST yet I heard the other day our debt has blown out to 40 billion. So 8 years of Labor and most of it with a 70 cent floor in the GST carve up and still not managed to pay down our enormous debt but they beat their chest that we are driving the Australian economy.

Not sure why folk laud barnett. He basically ignored his treasurer regarding the budget return from iron ore royalties. Barnett kept it at $100 per tonne when it was going down and was predicted to be around $70 per. The labour treasurer at the time, not sure who he was alluded to it in his retirement speech.  Barnett would not listen and had to go to the bank repeatedly. The GSt was a factor but not as great as his ignorance regarding the royalties. 

Basil has called the win. I have crunched the numbers. Assuming only 75% of Greens and Independents put Labor as second preference he is correct in calling it. It will be tricky if as many as 85% of them follow the how to vote card though. Historically this isn't the way things go however and the 75% will see Bazil prevail. 

So if that's the case.
41 seats to 9 - still a lot better that the
45 to 5 that it was.

The libs went very close in Dawesville, Kal and South Perth too. Surprised they didn't do better in Scarborough.

Winning those four would have been great 37 -13 but - At least the loony Greens haven't picked any up.

Carey calling Zemplis polarising pathetic last night I thought. 

It got heated on the TV panel between Carey and Snozzleopilas,which I thought was quite entertaining.

Libs currently have won 5 seats and look like getting to 7. Should win the Pilbara and Murray-Wellington. Not quite as disastrous as I thought last night. Gives Libby a team and will be leader of the opposition.

Nationals have picked up 4 seats they might yet pick up another 1 or 2. So all up if they form a coalition/alliance whatever they are going to call it they need to band together and form a formidable opposition. They could end up with 10 or 11 seats combined.

Loving this result. If anything, the Libs have gone backwards, and can't find a forward gear.
Far to many rusted on old Bozos.
A massive swing agaisnt Labor, whic was expected, yet the Greens and One natiion and Indies, got more of the swing than the Libs.
Very much on the nose.