Comments on: Promises, Promises http://www.darraghmurray.com/opinion/promises-promises/ It is not the critic who counts Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Steven http://www.darraghmurray.com/opinion/promises-promises/#comment-40 Steven Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:28:37 +0000 http://www.darraghmurray.com/opinion/promises-promises/#comment-40 the longest shouldn't make the job yours. It should be a decision made by the party as to who is the best to lead at that time. Who heads a party is not a decision for the Australian public, but of that party. Yes we may have voted for X1 to be our prime minister rather than X2, but we did vote for Y to be our elected party. The party shouldn't have to go through another election before their term is complete, or at least a fair chunk. There are lots of problems associated with selecting a new leader as well. You could force the government to call a snap election, but that doesn't give the new guy much time to get his folio out to the public, harming the incumbent party. On the other hand, you could force the party to state who will become the next leader in these types of events (retirement etc). But that would put an unfair burden on the party to honour the line of secession. There is no way of knowing if the next in line may become disgraced, or fall out of favour with the public during the intervening period. I'm not familiar enough with political systems to advise on a different mechanism either. the longest shouldn’t make the job yours. It should be a decision made by the party as to who is the best to lead at that time. Who heads a party is not a decision for the Australian public, but of that party. Yes we may have voted for X1 to be our prime minister rather than X2, but we did vote for Y to be our elected party. The party shouldn’t have to go through another election before their term is complete, or at least a fair chunk.

There are lots of problems associated with selecting a new leader as well. You could force the government to call a snap election, but that doesn’t give the new guy much time to get his folio out to the public, harming the incumbent party. On the other hand, you could force the party to state who will become the next leader in these types of events (retirement etc). But that would put an unfair burden on the party to honour the line of secession. There is no way of knowing if the next in line may become disgraced, or fall out of favour with the public during the intervening period.

I’m not familiar enough with political systems to advise on a different mechanism either.

]]> By: Steven http://www.darraghmurray.com/opinion/promises-promises/#comment-39 Steven Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:10:10 +0000 http://www.darraghmurray.com/opinion/promises-promises/#comment-39 Tony has already expressed that his views are to right-of-centre to be accepted by the Australian public. Whether this is simply spin, or that he sees himself as an advising idelogue, I don't know. As for the line of secession, waiting Tony has already expressed that his views are to right-of-centre to be accepted by the Australian public. Whether this is simply spin, or that he sees himself as an advising idelogue, I don’t know. As for the line of secession, waiting

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