On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:38:23 Jason White wrote:
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.
I am a Greens voter and volunteer, I don't know what discussions happen between Greens politicians. However I can tell you that the Greens policies are agreed to by all candidates before the election. By being elected a Greens politician has agreed to the policies. Agreeing to such policies reduces the scope for debate about such things, so there isn't going to be a strong disagreement about such issues because the positions which abide by the policies don't allow it. Therefore any discussion doesn't have to be as secret. The major parties don't seem to have moral positions, they are prepared to give up almost anything to win votes. Then it becomes a debate as to which things to give up and the fact that what some people consider to be "core promises" might be regarded as "non-core promises" by some politicians is a secret for the party conference room. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/