Posted on 08/24/2010 7:02:53 AM PDT by TonyfromOz
While this post may specifically concern Australia, the intent can be carried across to any Country where radical Greens Party politics gains a foothold. Those Greens Party politicians have just gained effective control of the Australian Senate, and at every turn they will seek to impose their agenda on all legislation and attempt to introduce their own legislation on their favourite agendas, a Tax on CO2 emissions foremost among them, a tax that is huge and will ultimately be passed directly on to consumers of electrical power, all of us.
just curious: how many seats they have?
If they have enough seats to give power either to the Coalition or the Labour, then is truly has the power.
So, is Green+Labour enough for majority? If not, then it has a weak hand and it must compromise a lot.
another thought.
This has been the trend recently (UK, Germany, Australia, think Spain had this too), ie no clear majority for Left or Right. So far, conservatives have had a small edge in Germany and UK and now Australia.
Majority was depressingly close, ie only 2-3 seats away in all of those countries.
There are 76 Senate places.
The Liberal/National Coalition (Conservatives) have 34.
Labor has 31.
The Greens have 9.
There are 2 Independents.
No Party has an outright Majority (39), so The Greens have an effective ‘Balance Of Power’ and can actually ‘drive’ legislation which will not pass unless they vote for it to pass.
Greens are Red on the inside. Just perforate one and you’ll see.
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