09-15-2015, 01:16 AM
(09-14-2015, 10:00 AM)Juddkreuzer link Wrote:It doesn't matter which side of politics you stand on it would appear it is nearly impossible in the modern era of 24/7 media (both reported and social) for a government to serve more than one term without leadership challenges or heavy losses on election day. Add to this factionalism which has become a cancer for both sides of politics. In the wash up after the Howard years the Libs rightfully belittled the Rudd/Gillard governments for the rabble it bestowed upon the Labor party, yet merely 2 years after regaining power the Libs party room stability looks no different to Labors. The worst part of it all is it empowers nutters like Palmer, Lambie and Hanson.
I think there is a definite relationship between the volatility of the electorate, the entitlement mentality that middle class welfare has created in Australia, the 24/7 media cycle, partisan media coverage, poll driven political aparatchiks (who exist on all sides) as politicians and what we are seeing. I just don't know which bit came first.