The "fair go" factor should get Beazley across the line (ie Howard's
had his go, now it's Beazley's", and if we all pray hard and wish on
falling stars... not that the ALP will be too brilliant, but Howard
and his fading cronies must go to save us from three more years of
the "narrow-minded street".
SKK
At 10:02 PM +1100 7/11/01, Jill Jones wrote:
>on 7/11/01 9:40 PM, david.bircumshaw at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> In this town I'm experiencing a unique sensation, that of going quiet
>> suddenly when people talk about politics, as my voice isn't one that would
>> be welcome anymore. One does find wee oases of 'howevers', but they only
>> seem to come from the comfortably off. What worries me is that the
>> right-wing sentiments that have not only existed in the 'working-classes'
>> for years but also have been growing in recent times seem to have found a
>> new home not in the covert support for the Thatcherites of not long gone but
>> in the supposedly acceptable face of New Labour - almost daily one hears
>> things from this govt that are more and more like the closing scene of
>> Animal Farm.
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>What worries me is that most people I talk to feel similarly to myself, with
>variations, but, at least according to the polls, most people are feeling
>and talking differently, ie, veering into a kind of Fortress Australia
>thuggery.
>
>Now, of course, I supposedly mix in 'certain' circles. Maybe. But I also
>live in a suburb of mixed ethnic backgrounds that is, at least still in
>part, working class and I must say I still don't find the blinkered approach
>I would expect if I believed the polls (of course, again, there are many
>variations on this theme).
>
>In the end, I have no idea how this Saturday's vote will turn out. My
>natural pessimism leads me to think 'three more years of 1950s style
>rhetoric and backward looking policies' but I could just be wrong.
>
>As the Cap'n says 'the swing is on' and I know serious people who are
>actually predicting Labor by 10 seats. I don't know about that but I bet on
>the winner in the Melbourne Cup this week and John Howard's bet came nowhere
>(as did Kim Beazley's, but who cares). So, maybe I'm a bit 'Ethereal' but
>hope is neck and neck with doubt and fear.
>
>Best,
>Jill
>
>P.S. Ethereal was a mare and first Cup winner to be trained by a woman, a
>New Zealander, of course. Is that an omen, or what?
>
>
>
>
>
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>Jill Jones
>50 Ruby Street
>Marrickville NSW 2204
>AUSTRALIA
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