(12-03-2021, 01:35 AM)Lods date Wrote:I'm not really a DLP supporter...but it was the best political jingle ever...one that stuck in the head, and it's still there some 50 years later ;DMy problem is people often confuse the DLP with the old Australian Democrats ( aka., Don Chipp's party).
I'm also dubious about the modern DLPs true anti-communist manifesto, because they may declare themselves as democratic socialists, but the policies are barely separable from the ancient comrade riddled ALP!
The old AD was hijacked by various political sub-groups, greens, feminists, religious right, and basically disappeared up it's own clacka! Probably their most recent invocation was Cheryl Kernot, who thought you could run the country off the back of a good lie down and a fresh cup of herbal tea! I'm sure she had the word, "Don't Panic" tattooed somewhere in case of an emergency! The sad thing is I thought her main squeeze at the time, Gareth Evans, probably should have been the ALP's head honcho! Anyway, we aren't big on candidates that move to the enemy mid-career, and that pretty much killed off whatever chance the AD had of surviving!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"

