Posted on 11/26/2009 9:09:32 PM PST by Nextrush
The Australian government's plans to enact a law for an emissions trading scheme have been thrown into chaos.
A revolt within the opposition Liberal Party could overturn an agreement reached earlier in the week with the Liberal leader, Malcolm Turnbull.
He agreed to pass the measure through the upper house of parliament where the government does not have a majority.
But opposition climate change sceptics have vowed to scupper the legislation and have challenged his leadership.
Malcolm Turnbull has argued that the party would consign itself to political oblivion if it refused to advance policies aimed at tackling climate change........
Election prospect
With parliament about to take its long Christmas and summer break, the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had wanted to enact the legislation creating an emissions trading scheme by the end of this week.
It was keen to enshrine the scheme in law before the Copenhagen climate change conference.
Earlier in the week, the government reached a deal with Mr. Turnbull that would have met that deadline.
But this prompted a revolt among climate change sceptics in the Liberal Party that has now placed the legislation in jeopardy.
There have been mass resignations from the opposition front bench, and the party is in open and angry rebellion.
The leading climate change sceptic and senior party figure, Tony Abbott, says he will challenge Mr. Turnbull for the leadership on Monday.......
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
But there's a tea party afoot over the climate change scam.
May the RINO's in this country who believe in this trash take note.
Scupper it mates!
Funny how the fall back position of the rinos and moderates is that conservatism will lead to “electoral oblivion”! And yet, who is in the minority and why is that?
I know climate change is real because things are goping to get really hot for the left very soon..:-)
I know climate change is real because things are going to get really hot for the left very soon..:-)
Unless my previous time in the Navy mis informed me, the proper “salty” term is to SCUTTLE, not SCUPPER. A scupper is a deck fitting to direct water off the deck of a ship, scuttle is to intentionally sink, as in sink it prior to being forcefully boarded by an enemy, so as not to allow the ship to fall into enemy hands. Any other input?
I hope they crush the lie. There is no global warming. The earth has been cooling for 10 years and they have tried to cover it up but we have their emails and they are all frauds!!!
God Bless Tony Abbott. Malcolm Turnbull is the worst kind of RINO.
Mel
Thanks!
M-W explains the verb:
Main Entry: [2] scupper
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1899
British : to defeat or put an end to : do in
But this prompted a revolt among climate change sceptics in the Liberal Party that has now placed the legislation in jeopardy.
There have been mass resignations from the opposition front bench, and the party is in open and angry rebellion.
The leading climate change sceptic and senior party figure, Tony Abbott, says he will challenge Mr. Turnbull for the leadership on Monday.......
Git 'er done!
If only this could happen to all liberal political parties.
The term 'Liberal' doesn't have the same meaning in every country.
I know. Thanks. I was referring to liberalism, not the Liberal Party.
Well, I certainly can’t disagree with the sentiment.
LOL, this assclown Turnbull is a day late and a dollar short.
I’m guessing he didn’t get the memo that the “global warming” scam has gone kaput?
Actually, you remind me of disinformation as a factor. Controlling language is a major part of it. Liberal meant liberty at one time. Now it means libertine enslaver.
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