In the wake of election results in SA over the w/e, John Quiggin has a few words to say about it. His penultimate closing words are of interest to me given my thorough dissapointment in federal #Labor politics.

“The Liberals have normalised One Nation, and shifted policies closer, effectively giving their own voters permission to switch. By contrast, Labor has ruthlessly demonised Greens, and has made as few concessions as possible, even though Greens policies are those put forward by Labor until recently. It’s clear which of these is working better politically.

I’ll write more about how the Greens should change their approach.”

I look forward to reading about his ideas on how the Greens can learn lessons from the implosion and leakage of the #LNP and the #SAelections.

Read more:
https://johnquigginblog.substack.com/p/the-breakup-of-the-liberal-party

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Today's elections in photos: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-05-29-elections-d-day-s-africans-have-their-say-and-make-their-mark/

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