You are the Prime Minister of Australia – For One Day Only

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Today’s Guest Poster is the magnificent Puffy The Magic Dragon, who – as always – has come up with a topic guaranteed to put fire in the belly (and even out of the mouth). Thank you so much, Puffy.

Also, I apologise for my lack of activity for the past few weeks. I am sure you all understand.

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Hats off to Mr Steve Georganas MP, Federal Member for Hindmarsh, House of Reps. ALP.

Steve Geoganas, a thoroughly good bloke, recently attached a questionaire to his newsletter, for people in his electorate, asking about issues and concerns they may have.

As well as keeping in touch with his electorate and proactively seeking their input, his survey finished with an interesting question that I have not seen before in such an exercise.

‘What would you do if you were Prime Minister for one day.’

What an intriguing thought. What would I do?

I would:

  • Close Manus Island and Nauru camps and order repatriation to Australia of the people interned there.
  • Establish royal commissions into the banks, and another into our involvement into the Iraq WMD war. And Children Overboard, and the rest of that can of maggots. Chuck one in for political donations too, while we are at it.
  • Stop the Adani coalmine.

Because I will get to work early on my day, it will only be morning tea-time.

  • I will have plenty of time to fix the NBN fiasco, and then after lunch with Indigenous people’s representatives to nut out a plan to really address inequities, roll my sleeves up for a late nighter.

There is so much more.

  • Also, I would implement the ALP Animal Welfare plan, and designate theft of pets as an act of national harm, punishable by ten years of cleaning up doggy doo doo.

What would you do?

1,133 thoughts on “You are the Prime Minister of Australia – For One Day Only”

  1. If the exit poll is right then it looks like Nicola Sturgeon’s indyref2 gamble has backfired as much as May’s early election gamble.

  3. Newcastle central result
    LD: 1812
    CON: 9134
    UKIP: 1482
    LAB: 24071
    GRN: 595
    LAB HOLD

  4. Sunderland South has lost the first to declare crown (held it since 1992)

  5. vote change in newcastle central
    Labor up 10%
    tories up 6%
    2% swing to LAB (exit poll was forecasting 10% swing to LAB)

  6. Houghton and Sunderland South
    GRN: 725
    LD: 908
    CON: 12324
    UKIP: 2379
    LAB: 24635 (i think, the sound on the cross was terrible)
    IND 479

  7. bbc says the tories have done substantially better in Sunderland south compared to exit poll

  11. Alistair Campbell (blair’s former spin doctor) claims the vote is for May to go and for hard brexit to be revisited.

    • They do. They have 650 seats altogether, to form government a party needs to win at least 326 seats.

      If no-one can get to 326 seats they have a hung parliament.

  16. Sunderland Central
    IND: 305
    LAB: 25056
    GRN: 705
    LD: 1777
    UKIP: 2209
    CON: 15059
    LAB hold

  17. another result that is better for the tories compared to the exit poll according to the BBC

    2.3% swing from LAB to CON

  20. Newcastle East
    LAB: 28127
    GRN: 755
    CON: 8866
    UKIP: 1315
    LD: 2574
    LAB hold

  22. Swindon
    GRN: 858
    LAB:21096
    UKIP: 1564
    CON: 29431
    LD: 1962
    CON hold

  25. Bit disappointing to hear about those Exit Poll results, since if those are the final numbers, that would imply the Tories can hold minority government with assistance from the Irish seats. However, if they can be brought below 310 seats, then that’s when things get very messy.

  27. change of vote based on results so far
    CON +8%
    LAB+9%

    exit poll said based on those constituencies
    CON+2%
    LAB+15%

  30. Sinn Féin will not take its seats in Westminster, Gerry Adams has confirmed.

    Of course, that is as normal, but the question has arisen again as Corbyn was asked earlier in the campaign if he would ask them to take their seats in the event of a hung parliament. At the time Emily Thornberry said the question was “stupid”

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2017/jun/08/general-election-results-2017-uk-live-labour-tories-corbyn-may-election-results-live-news-line

    More –
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-96011/Sinn-Fein-MPs-enter-House-Commons.html

  33. majority of 16000 for con in broxbourne and 4000 in nuneaton, 2% swing to lab in broxbourne

  38. Darlington
    UKIP: 1180
    LAB: 22681
    LD: 1031
    CON:19401
    GRN:524
    LAB hold

    LAB also holds South Shields

  40. Swindon South
    CON: 24809
    LAB: 22347
    UKIP: 1291
    GRN: 747
    LD:2079
    CON Hold
    LAB hold Jarrow

  41. From what I can see so far, the minor parties are getting very thoroughly squeezed and the votes seem to be flowing about equally to Labour and the Tories.

  42. Lab hold Llanelli
    Wrexham
    CON: 15321
    Plaid: 1753
    LAB: 17153
    LD: 865
    LAB hold

    • LAB +2 CON+12 SNP-14 in this seat

      CON hold harrogate and knaresborough

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