16 Dec
2013
16 Dec
'13
10:38 a.m.
Petros <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
That they are Labor and Green party members does not matter - it matters what they stand for. Liberal had people with conscience in their ranks before. Haven't heard much of it lately though.
Requirements for "party discipline" presumably tend to quieten such voices, at least in public. This holds of course for Labor as well; the Greens do not appear to be so strict. I don't know what is said in private; I would expect the differences of opinion to be more openly expressed in the respective party room policy discussions. In general, I think this situation is bad for public political discourse and for democracy.