Agrarian socialism is better than no socialism at all? ;-)
That's the one ;-). They may often be further to the Right than Fred Nile, but, if it weren't for their shoving their hands out all the time, Australia wouldn't be building any infrastructure at all!
Interesting in the 1950s in Victoria the Country Party and the Labor Party formed a coalition government to keep the Liberals out!
Yes, it's always amazed me that a party of country and regional protectionists would ally themselves with the free traders to battle against... a workers party full of protectionists. Daft buggers.
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Date: 2006-07-25 10:59 pm (UTC)That's the one ;-). They may often be further to the Right than Fred Nile, but, if it weren't for their shoving their hands out all the time, Australia wouldn't be building any infrastructure at all!
Interesting in the 1950s in Victoria the Country Party and the Labor Party formed a coalition government to keep the Liberals out!
Yes, it's always amazed me that a party of country and regional protectionists would ally themselves with the free traders to battle against... a workers party full of protectionists. Daft buggers.