Tasmanian election 2021

[Lazza]

Antony Green reports that the Libs have the second sat they need in Clark to govern with a bare majority.

Green says Madeleine Ogilvie, a former Labor member who turned independent and is now a Liberal, will be elected as the second Liberal member in Clark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-12/ ... /100132058

HTF does one go from being a left winger to being a raving right winger in one lifetime? FMD

[eddiesmith]

So what your saying is every crazy left winger is completely $@&^# for their entire life?

It seems Madeleine is proof it is possible for people to wake up and see the light

[Lazza]

[doriswilgus]

Madeline Ogilvie is the ultimate political opportunist.Here’s a little background on her.

In 2018 she ran as a Labor candidate in the Tasmanian state election,but didn’t receive enough votes to be elected.When Scott Bacon retired from politics in 2019,she was appointed to fill his vacancy on a count back,as the Labor candidate with the next highest number of votes.She quit the labor party on entering parliament ( mostly because of her ultra conservative social views) and stood as an independent.

For two years she proudly maintained her position as an independent.Then just a day after the 2021 election was called,she conveniently defected to the Liberal party,knowing she didn’t have a snow flake’s chance in hell of getting elected as an independent.Such a conviction politician!

She’s actually the type of self serving candidate who gives politicians a bad name.So much for her seeing the light.It was more a case of her seeing dollar signs than anything else.

[eddiesmith]

[David]

I dare say there are more than a few Labor politicians who would happily slip over to the other side if the opportunity presented itself. Political achievement comes first for a lot of these people.

[5 from the wing on debut]

"Those are my principles , and if you don't like them........well, I have others": Groucho Marx.

[David]

Here we go again: one of the Tasmanian Liberal MPs just elected has stepped down after being charged with firearm offences. If his seat goes to a non-Liberal on recount, then the Libs would be forced into a minority government (if they can retain government at all), but according to this it looks most likely that the seat will go to another Liberal:

http://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2021/05 ... -2021.html

[stui magpie]

Every fkn time someone gets pulled up on something they've done wrong, BANG, straight away they're getting treated for mental health issues.

FMD, some of these peanuts should be prescribed a teaspoon of concrete and a kick in the arse.

[David]

To be fair, most politicians probably do have untreated mental health issues from being in such a high-pressure, deeply unhealthy environment. So they’re probably not lying.

[stui magpie]

That's possibly fair, but it's not just politicians.

The bloke alleged to have raped Brittany Higgins was interred in a mental health facility within minutes of the news breaking, Paton the footballer went straight to one after his alleged proclivity for cold calling women to watch him jerking off came to light, it's the latest trend and I call bullshit

[Tannin]

It shows how poorly the Liberals have done with core issues in Tasmania that they just barely sneaked back in with a clear swing against them, despite having overseen the best Covid result of any state. Labor held steady in all electorates except Clark (Hobart) where Labor voters supported an independent. The only party to come out ahead was the Greens, with a 2% swing.

Meanwhile, the Tasmanian health system remains a disaster after 6 years of Liberal bungling. The waiting list for surgery in public hospitals has blown out to over 2 years, and they have done nothing about it.

[shawthing]

Antony Green reports that the Libs have the second sat they need in Clark to govern with a bare majority.

Green says Madeleine Ogilvie, a former Labor member who turned independent and is now a Liberal, will be elected as the second Liberal member in Clark.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-12/ ... /100132058

HTF does one go from being a left winger to being a raving right winger in one lifetime? FMD

[Tannin]

^ Proof positive that pretending to have been a Marxist makes you post in the wrong thread and look silly.