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I hold out hope a part of the party will see the electoral risk for Labor if they aren't seen to actually be fixing the situation. Their voter base is younger, they have less party allegiance and will switch to a perceived better option. I think shanks could be a good avenue to deliver this message to Labor leadership as well as the voters.
On his defense of the HAFF it is totally over-cooked. I liked Swollen Pickles take down of Jordies, he delivered a lot of salient points that have been lost to more media than just shanks. For instance, the shaky eveidentiary basis for the claim rent controls are always and in every case lead to the poorer of outcomes.
Labor will increasingly be flanked of their left as the comparatively progressive kids reach voting age and we use preferential voting. Unfortunately, we've already seen a string of pretty baseless attacks on The Greens by Jordies, which will likely only escalate in response thanks to his partisanship.
Swollen pickles has been great (though I prefer their original format, personally), I'm also a fan of TomTanuki, and for us stuff, another Jordies target - Vaush is pretty good when not rolling around in drama bullshit.
Well, not necessarily only from the left. I wonder, as Labor settles as a known quantity and the inevitable disillusionment occurs, whether people will be arrested by the self gratifying arguments the Liberals constantly deploy. I see Australia as less tied to a single organisation than ever before but just as self interested as we've always been.
Ooh cool, i'll have to check these other youtubers out!