Daniel Jitnah via luv-talk wrote: > People rarely vote for a Party or a Gov, they always vote against > another mob. It was far easier to mount a campaign against Labor, than > for Labor to convince people to vote for them. Perhaps the explanation for Labour's failure to get elected is connected neither to policies or personalities; it's just that, that fraction of the 'silent' conservative working class and lower middleclass which are necessary; along with the rest of the progressive demographic to elect Labour; need to feel the economy is booming to do so! But what we have  is a quiet stockmarket and a likely further 10% collapse in the property market and follow-on, slow down in construction. Couple this to high unemployment in some areas and these people are very anxious! ......another theory regards Rohan McLeod