Comment on Cul de sac politics: Have the Australian Greens hit a strategic dead-end?
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 days agoWhere does Jono specifically criticize Max? I’ve only read his and Max’s piece once so may have missed it.
I think the data Jono was relying on to suggest that voters want deep change was the rise in support of One Nation. One Nation might be a grift but it’s currently the only popular party with an anti-establishment image, regardless of how contrived that image may be.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Its a short critiscism,
He didn’t say it would have been a pyrrhic victory, reading back this morning i should have made the distinction that, thats my summation of that grand housing bill stand off between Labor and Greens in that term.
Totally agree that One Nation’s rise in popularity is what Sriringnathan is basing his thoughts on, and this is analogous, and likely directly linked through the new ‘international’ CPAC, to the rise in popularity of the UK’s Reform Party.
But, Sriringnathan has neglected to compare the Labour Party of the UK and the Labor party of Australia, they’re in very different spots. UK Labour and Keir Starmer are deep underwater on polling, whereas Aus Labor has had a minor swing against it, and Albanese’s approval ratings have been damaged only recently in regards the Bondi massacre. They’re not in the same position and there isn’t enough of a movement for deep change in Aus like there is in the UK.