tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8761542377717834636..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Alex Deane: Report from the Aussie Election Day 4Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61030726103593970952007-10-19T11:52:00.000+01:002007-10-19T11:52:00.000+01:00Has any one noticed Rudd looks like the Milky Bar ...Has any one noticed Rudd looks like the Milky Bar kid?<BR/>He could even be Benny Hill if they stuck a slightly askew cap and specs on him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11884104259533103272007-10-19T10:34:00.000+01:002007-10-19T10:34:00.000+01:00The BBC are itching and panting for a labour win! ...The BBC are itching and panting for a labour win! I want Howard to win just to wipe the grin/smirk off the faces of the BBC commisars! <BR/>I mean, how dare those despicable selfish Aussies put their own economic interests above the global warming/we're all doomed CONsensus freedom fighter taliban heroes? Oooh the cheek of it! And how dare Howard bar immigrant criminals/benefit addicts/Islamists/fake asylum seekers? Is'nt Howard aware that the BBC commisars have decided that unlimited immigration from the third world is a great idea? Well I never did! It really is about time those colonials started doing what the BBC elite has decided is good for them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17939104653917971232007-10-19T05:26:00.000+01:002007-10-19T05:26:00.000+01:00Verity,Yeah, fair call - it didn't sound so poncey...Verity,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, fair call - it didn't sound so poncey in my head before I wrote it down...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9638979717695884182007-10-19T02:35:00.000+01:002007-10-19T02:35:00.000+01:00Oooooh! Lofty!Oooooh! Lofty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18805792451315625862007-10-19T02:07:00.000+01:002007-10-19T02:07:00.000+01:00Anonymous 1.56am, probably because I haven't got t...Anonymous 1.56am, probably because I haven't got the faintest idea what you are talking about.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76794104941449629402007-10-19T02:02:00.000+01:002007-10-19T02:02:00.000+01:00howard - you're quite right. the polls are narrow...howard - you're quite right. the polls are narrowing. I have an aversion to blogging about polling - a political participant, not a political observer, and all that - but you're right.<BR/><BR/>anonymous - thanks. I had a bit of an idea about that already. But thanks. I would have thought that most of the O'Connor vote will track back to the ALP because they're ALP voters, regardless of what he puts on his HTV card.<BR/><BR/>verity - quite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90187738609046987362007-10-19T01:56:00.000+01:002007-10-19T01:56:00.000+01:00How come you aren't reporting on Harlow's election...How come you aren't reporting on Harlow's election day today - and every day for the next month - Iain?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90990118105029680422007-10-19T00:54:00.000+01:002007-10-19T00:54:00.000+01:00CAMPAIGN DAY 4 – 37 TO GOOh, please! No!CAMPAIGN DAY 4 – <B>37 TO GO</B><BR/><BR/>Oh, please! No!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63090565682905532032007-10-19T00:39:00.000+01:002007-10-19T00:39:00.000+01:00AlexOf course, the newly Independent candidate cou...Alex<BR/><BR/>Of course, the newly Independent candidate could direct his preferences to the Liberals by putting them second oh his how-to-vote card. <BR/><BR/>In Oz, because of the preferential voting system, parties hand out how-to-vote cards at polling booths. This allows voters to list their preferences as their favoured political party would like them. Most voters follow the preference set down on thei favourite party's card. thus if the new Independent in Corio directs his voters to vote 2 for the Liberal candidate, most of them will. And the seat would then probably go to the Liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13051918941367738042007-10-18T21:48:00.000+01:002007-10-18T21:48:00.000+01:00Why did you not mention that the coalition has uni...Why did you not mention that the coalition has union officials as well. Tony Abbott is one and lead a strike once!<BR/><BR/>More important than this is he polls have predictably narrowed and more so in the important marginal seats in TAS and Qld. Also no mention of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com