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Yes. Not arguing with that in the slightest. However, populist policies proposed will see little change under the imminent liberal government.

As I said, the issue is not the gay marriage issue. It is the underlying approach of increased social conservatism verging on a neo-con approach, increased levels of government intervention, increased interference in individual conscience and decisions and blatant populism (great big tax on...

I think both need scrutiny. It's nothing at all to do with gay marriage. It is about going against long standing tradition of allowing conscience votes on such matters. To prohibit conscience votes on any subject goes against the ethos of the party.

That's politics. The Libs do the same to Gillard. That said, I don't like his politics, his style of politics, his juvenile activities or his general worldview. And that is because of factors far removed from the traditional Liberal party approach - refusing MPs a conscience vote for one.

I'm an anyone but Abbott, Pyne or their ilk man. Turnbull messed up over Utegate and deserved to be slammed for it, but I have much more faith in his leadership ability, and his ability as a statesman on a world stage, than someone who is forever putting his foot in his mouth and being a...

Nah. I think all political parties. Look at the next generation of Libs - Wyatt Earp. Alex Hawke etc etc. Just making the move from student pollies to real pollies.

Come September it will be up to Australia to chose between a broken leg and a broken arm. Which one will inconvenience us more? TBH there are a lot of very good pollies in the Libs at the moment. They just have poor leadership and have made a number of very poor policy announcements...