• Former Labor opposition leader, Mark Latham, booted off radio this morning for calling someone a "Fu
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[IMG]http://cdn.mamamia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/613860-mark-latham.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]FORMER opposition leader Mark Latham was dumped on radio this morning after calling a radio star a “f**kwit” during a live interview. The outspoken 54-year-old agreed to appear on Triple M’s Grill Team in Sydney after they discovered he had criticised one of their co-hosts. Speaking to Triple M’s Merrick Watts on Tuesday, Latham poked fun at Grill Team co-host and TV star Gus Worland. “I actually watched Gus’s Marathon Man show, flicking through Foxtel one night,” said Latham to Merrick off air. “Hooked into it on the basis it’s got to be the worst TV ever ... it lived up to expectations. It was f**king horrendous.” After hearing the audio, the Grill Team convinced Latham, who is currently promoting his new book Latham at Large, to appear on the show this morning to chat to Worland directly. And almost immediately, Latham again laid into the radio star about his recent Foxtel TV series. “Fair dinkum, it was the worst TV in the history of the media,” said Latham to the Grill Team. “Gus, I’ve been talking to Davey Gyngell down there at Channel 9 and we’re gonna put a proposition to you, you’ve got a lot of talent ... So Gyngell and I want to make you an offer to put on a new variety show, prime time ...” And then the interview was dumped. After a few seconds of silence, the radio hosts revealed that they had to end the interview because Latham had dropped an F-bomb.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/mark-latham-dumped-on-triple-ms-grill-team/story-fnndfy6b-1227260966887[/url] <-- video in source
That's pretty rich coming from Latham.
That's funny, because that's how I would describe Latham.
Curious about Australia and the UK. Every time there's news about a politician, the politician's some kind of douchebag. Are there any party leaders in either country that are generally approved of by Facepunch? Now in the US with its two parties, Democrats are centre right, Republicans far right. In Canada, the NDP are left, Liberals are center, and the Conservatives are far right. How does that distribution look with UK and Aus parties?
[QUOTE=archangel125;47313150]Curious about Australia and the UK. Every time there's news about the politician, the politician's some kind of douchebag. Are there any party leaders in either country that are generally approved of by Facepunch? Now in the US with its two parties, Democrats are centre right, Republicans far right. In Canada, the NDP are left, Liberals are center, and the Conservatives are far right. How does that distribution look with UK and Aus parties?[/QUOTE] Australia is liberals - centre to far right depending on faction in power. Far right atm. labor - centre left Greens - far left Two party system of liberal and labor, greens hold crossbench power or whatever but generally align with labor. Large number of independents in senate.
And UK wise even tho my UK politics are pretty shit Conservatives/Tories (Aus equivalent = Liberals/Nationals) - Centre right Labour (Aus equivalent = Labor (yeah there's no u yet we follow British English, go figure) - Centre left Greens (same as Aus) = far left UKIP (Aus equivalent = One Nation, Katters Australia Party (??) , any party that hates immigration essentially) = far right Liberal Democrats (Aus has an equivalent too but they're not considered a major party) = Centre to Centre left [editline]13th March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=killerteacup;47313184]Two party system of liberal and labor, greens hold crossbench power or whatever but generally align with labor. Large number of independents in senate.[/QUOTE] Also remember, Nationals and LNP (Queensland liberals) make up the coalition Katter mostly sides with LNP bc the nationals Family first (lol) will mostly go with Liberals due to social conservationism
I wouldn't call Katter far right to be honest. I think this graph from politcalcompass.com is a good explaination of Australian politics. [IMG]http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/aus2013.png[/IMG]
Mark Latham's a straight up G.
So it sounds like Labor in Australia and the Lib Dems in the UK are the way to go.
[QUOTE=archangel125;47313319]So it sounds like Labor in Australia and the Lib Dems in the UK are the way to go.[/QUOTE] Labor isn't really the best, I mean I support most of their policies but they can be just as retarded as the libs. We just need an equaliser for parliament, a cross-bench that doesn't suck
[QUOTE=Lemmingston;47312570]That's pretty rich coming from Latham.[/QUOTE] Latham was a deadset through-and-through fuckwit.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47313212]Liberal Democrats (Aus has an equivalent too but they're not considered a major party) = Centre to Centre left[/QUOTE] Our Liberal Democrats are nothing like the Liberal Democrats in the UK (our equivalent is the mostly defunct Australian Democrats). Ours follow classic liberalism, aka American libertarianism, while UK Liberal Democrats are social liberals. Liberal Democrats is a stupid name for a party anyways because Liberal Democracy is so broad that pretty much every political party in Australia adheres to its concepts. Also the reason our Labor party lacks a u in the name was to distinguish itself from the broader labour movement in Australia, and also to align itself somewhat with labour movements in the US. [editline]13th March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=killerteacup;47313184]Australia is liberals - centre to far right depending on faction in power. Far right atm. labor - centre left Greens - far left Two party system of liberal and labor, greens hold crossbench power or whatever but generally align with labor. Large number of independents in senate.[/QUOTE] Funny you mention factionalism in Liberal and not Labor (for the Liberal party I'd instead say they are a 'catch-all' party, and whoever is in charge in parliament chooses policy direction) Labor actually has official factions, the Socialist Left and Labor Right. Pretty much every Labor government, except Julia's, was lead by a PM from the Labor Right.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;47313261]I wouldn't call Katter far right to be honest. I think this graph from politcalcompass.com is a good explaination of Australian politics. [IMG]http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/aus2013.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] lol fuck no, Greens are way further left, and there's a huge exaggeration of the right.
[QUOTE=killerteacup;47313184]Australia is liberals - centre to far right depending on faction in power. Far right atm. labor - centre left Greens - far left Two party system of liberal and labor, greens hold crossbench power or whatever but generally align with labor. Large number of independents in senate.[/QUOTE] No their not, Labour is center right.
[QUOTE=ksenior;47313666]No their not, Labour is center right.[/QUOTE] Labor is [B]not[/B] centre right, they're centre left, at best the centre (ps love how you spell Labor as Labour but spell centre as center)
Triple M aint nuthin to fuckwit
Every time I hear the word "fuckwit", I think of SJW's on Tumblr. I've never heard any other person say "fuckwit".
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47313813]Every time I hear the word "fuckwit", I think of SJW's on Tumblr. I've never heard any other person say "fuckwit".[/QUOTE] Then you've never been to Australia
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47313813]Every time I hear the word "fuckwit", I think of SJW's on Tumblr. I've never heard any other person say "fuckwit".[/QUOTE] SJWs is such a silly word do not use it Australians say it all the time
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;47313936]SJWs is such a silly word do not use it Australians say it all the time[/QUOTE] I don't have a problem with the word "fuckwit" itself, but here in the US I literally only hear it from Tumblr-ultra-progressive-girls who use it to talk about perceived oppressors and stuff. (I'm talking about on the net and in real life.) It sucks. :(
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47314213]I don't have a problem with the word "fuckwit" itself, but here in the US I literally only hear it from Tumblr-ultra-progressive-girls who use it to talk about perceived oppressors and stuff. (I'm talking about on the net and in real life.) It sucks. :([/QUOTE] Do tumblr girls use the word poof as well because you're a fucking poof mate [sp]dont ban me pls it's Australian vocabulary drilled into us in kindergarten[/sp]
[QUOTE=Antdawg;47314721]Do tumblr girls use the word poof as well because you're a fucking poof mate [sp]dont ban me pls it's Australian vocabulary drilled into us in kindergarten[/sp][/QUOTE] Wow dont be such a softcock mate you gotta respect Australian vocab and say it loud and proud, without apology!
[QUOTE=archangel125;47313150]Curious about Australia and the UK. Every time there's news about a politician, the politician's some kind of douchebag. Are there any party leaders in either country that are generally approved of by Facepunch? Now in the US with its two parties, Democrats are centre right, Republicans far right. In Canada, the NDP are left, Liberals are center, and the Conservatives are far right. How does that distribution look with UK and Aus parties?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't exactly call the Tories far-right. As far as I see, the Liberals are centre-left, the Tories centre-right, and the NDP far-left. The only parties on the far-right are fringe parties like the Libertarians and Christian Heritage.
Does Australia have a single competent politician? I get the impression from these threads that the Australian government is useless, the opposition is useless and so are all the small parties.
[QUOTE=The mouse;47314933]Does Australia have a single competent politician? I get the impression from these threads that the Australian government is useless, the opposition is useless and so are all the small parties.[/QUOTE] That sounds like democracy to me, no matter who you choose, you lose.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47314213]I don't have a problem with the word "fuckwit" itself, but here in the US I literally only hear it from Tumblr-ultra-progressive-girls who use it to talk about perceived oppressors and stuff. (I'm talking about on the net and in real life.) It sucks. :([/QUOTE] what is it with this forum and people bringing up Tumblr/SJWs in the most shoehorned way possible?
[QUOTE=The mouse;47314933]Does Australia have a single competent politician? I get the impression from these threads that the Australian government is useless, the opposition is useless and so are all the small parties.[/QUOTE] Yes. Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan are recent examples from both sides of politics which I'd consider competent. Independent MP Bob Katter is sometimes a bit of a moron but he has a genuine heart for the issues he's passionate about. In the Senate some may say Kim Carr is competent. Senator Ricky Muir was worse that Abbott ever was in front of a camera and was elected with a ridiculously low primary vote (about 1% when the threshold is 14.3~%) which was controversial, but he's a genuinely great bloke and unlike many other MPs and Senators he knows the struggles of youth unemployment personally.
I'd also say Nick Xenophon (Independent) is a competent politician
[QUOTE=The mouse;47314933]Does Australia have a single competent politician? I get the impression from these threads that the Australian government is useless, the opposition is useless and so are all the small parties.[/QUOTE] We have plenty of competent politicians. And the Australian Government is not useless. People love to be all edgy or act as if they're above the bullshit media when they play into it. The current Liberal government aren't completely incompetent at governing - Tony Abbott is just awful with all things PR and is generally one of the nastier politicians. Most people here also oppose the Liberal party - if you are right-wing and support them though, then they'd probably say they're doing alright (sans Tony Abbott). Realistically, they have achieved a number of their goals (repealed Carbon Pricing legislation, stopped/repealed the Emissions Trading Scheme, stopped processing *most* asylum seekers and saw a general reduction in IMAs, repeal the NBN which was seen by many conservatives as fiscally nuts). They won't achieve many as well, but that's government for you. The previous Labor government was also extremely competent, and got quite a significant amount done despite being a minority government and having the extraordinary pressure applied by the hostile media. Realistically though, Julia Gillard was an extremely competent politician and the government never had a serious chance of suddenly stopping functioning. They were dysfunctional on the outside due to the absolutely horrendous media, the Greens (the further left party) causing issues (this was slightly before Julia Gillard took the leadership, but she had to deal with the aftermath) by blocking us from going straight to an ETS, and the public not comprehending that we don't elect the leader - the party do - and usually they have a good reason to replace a sitting prime minister. They managed to achieve things as major as the National Disability Insurance Scheme, increases in pensions, the implementation of the carbon pricing (and eventual ETS), the infamous National Broadband Network, education reforms, tax cuts to low-mid income class Australians as well as small businesses, a national apology for forced adoptions (often forgotten against the more famous Indigenous national apology), along with many many other smaller changes. We might not like it, but often the worst politicians, the Frank Underwood reincarnates, are the ones that are getting shit done. Bill Shorten, much hated on here and not great with PR, was and continues to be extremely powerful and competent behind the scenes (this can be seen as recently as the Labor leadership vote, where the public support base voted for Anthony Albanese, whereas the party voted majority for Bill Shorten - he also was very influential in party room politics regarding the Kevin Rudd/Julia Gillard leadership). Small parties are not useless either, the previous minority government literally depended on their support to function. They are often a bit more nuts and like to go outside their area of expertise which is when they get ridiculed. But they are the deciding vote in many cases.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;47313387]Our Liberal Democrats are nothing like the Liberal Democrats in the UK (our equivalent is the mostly defunct Australian Democrats). Ours follow classic liberalism, aka American libertarianism, while UK Liberal Democrats are social liberals. Liberal Democrats is a stupid name for a party anyways because Liberal Democracy is so broad that pretty much every political party in Australia adheres to its concepts. Also the reason our Labor party lacks a u in the name was to distinguish itself from the broader labour movement in Australia, and also to align itself somewhat with labour movements in the US. [editline]13th March 2015[/editline] Funny you mention factionalism in Liberal and not Labor (for the Liberal party I'd instead say they are a 'catch-all' party, and whoever is in charge in parliament chooses policy direction) Labor actually has official factions, the Socialist Left and Labor Right. Pretty much every Labor government, except Julia's, was lead by a PM from the Labor Right.[/QUOTE] I'm aware, but the factionalism in the liberal party i feel is more important currently with labor trying so hard to appear united
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