tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post4425643210410408946..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-18969755927693925762009-01-13T00:47:00.000+11:002009-01-13T00:47:00.000+11:00Blithe assurances don't cut it, dd. You have to wo...Blithe assurances don't cut it, dd. You have to work hard to alienate your base to the extent that NSW Labor has, and there's no denying they've done the work. My point is that Labor's redoubt during its time of opposition is being sold out to the Greens, putting Labor in a position of not merely cyclical defeat but devastation, requiring a new political paradigm.<BR/><BR/>The moral equivalence thing with the Libs is vacuous and intellectually lazy so I'll ignore it.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-70345281155748662162009-01-12T16:12:00.000+11:002009-01-12T16:12:00.000+11:00Feh, NSW labor is the party of the inner suburbs, ...Feh, NSW labor is the party of the inner suburbs, NSW liberals that of the northern suburbs. That won't change. The far western and south-western suburbs, where the great bulk of Sydneyites live and where the needs are far the biggest, are taken for granted by both parties.<BR/><BR/>Howard discovered that many of these suburbs, especially the more northwestern ones, are by no means glued to Labor. Rees is about to learn that lesson. But I wouldn't rule out O'Farrell having to learn the lesson too in later years - the NSW Libs aren't exactly in tune with the western suburbs either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com