Sunday, July 03, 2016

St Crispins day - A temporary Truce July 3rd 2016

I campaigned harder than I ever have,  knowing that at each election there is a growing risk that the bigger East will take control of the West .( Farmers form only 1 % of our population  10% of people live in regional areas. ) 
The Senate looks worse than we ever thought possible , but what can we say than what we  predicted ,   The  children take charge.

Its not really about parties,  but a  growing determination  to " get what we want"

We won back our seat despite the odds against us in Corangamite  The incompetence and ignorance of Labor about the two different cultures not helping their case ( Firefighters and  Schools meddling ) 

Like Henry V's troops we true Nationals are tired of fighting and with the odds against  us growing each for years  to greater that 5 to 1 . i was inspired by those now too old to campaign for farmers and for our young people who are given degrees but no mentors ,

We are still free to go surfing on the surfcoast even though our ability to afford a latte with those who try to manage us gets lost in a sea of words .





At this point we wait in hope .Its not clear if anyone will hold the balance of power ..  We have done well to hold influence for so long .

Unlike Labor we have held that confidence of the people not by numbers but by competence . Our  ability to act efficiently in keeping the economy productive hasn't changed .In 2004 when we first fought this battle i wrote about the risk of the children taking charge. As every year passes they gain more control . At some point soon judgement  must come for both the parents and the children

The positive is that people will question whether the current system and the rebel and protest self preoccupations are really helping us WORK TOGETHER .


5 comments:

Little John said...

Working together - many have forgotten how ,The paradox is that we will spend millions to consider the very shallowest consideration of the great idea of marriage shortly.

Little John said...

U might be interested in what a thoughtful friend and young former Green said to me on the hustings on saturday . I left - "They couldn't agree on policy" .
I thought today ,no wonder the Greens were in the Senate with all those others ,
They want marriage but they wouldn't know how to get to first base in practice .
This election result marks the victory of the wish list NOT the achievable list .

Little John said...

To be frank, I don't find it easy to support those who see themselves as the progressives in the Liberal party Like all progressives, they are not alert to the future because they discount the past ,
Chesterton was at pains to highlight the distraction disease in both his friends GB Shaw (has a whole chapter on the driver) and widely in Orthodoxy ( the chapter on the Eternal Revolution )

Little John said...

The arrogance of Shorten over this temporary truce is unbelievable. The Liberals are a true commonwealth .The LNP is house that can work together and act as one.
Shortens group couldn't survive on its own. Its forced to find a loose partnership with those whose ideas are untested. Labor has its lowest % in history.
Does anyone accept that they are NOT a house divided against itself with the embarrassing Greenlabor alliance something that killed their chances last time they were in. Sneaking in if they get in.
With partners like they make, they will really enjoy the senate - just like home for them .

Little John said...

To get the real gist of the power in the idea of St Crispins day you best read Henry V and absorb the mood as the king and his men face defeat at Agincourt . One day away from defeat .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Crispin%27s_Day_Speech