โ€œ(Tim) Freedman (The Whitlams) says he is seriously considering supporting the Greens in his Labor-Greens seat of Newtown if Labor leader Chris Minns does not adopt the cashless gaming card as a firm election commitment.โ€ (SMH, 15 January 2023)

I think Chris Minns seems to favour donations from the pokies and gambling lobby over the wishes of #labor supporters

I intend to break a voting habit of a lifetime over this issue because #labor is so blatantly wrong

#auspol #nswpol

@pja so to clarify, Laborโ€™s collusion with big coal and gas in the face of the collapsing weather systems and biosphere didnโ€™t sway you, Laborโ€™s collusion with Liberals on locking up humans on remote islands in inhumane conditions didnโ€™t, Laborโ€™s collusion with the Liberals on taking away legal rights justified by โ€˜national securityโ€™ didnโ€™t,
But the issue of the pokies in NSW is enough to change your vote?

@stewsmith

This is just typical #greens hogwash!

The major difference between #labor and #greens is that Labor aspires to be in government, the Greens will never be in government!

A secondary difference is that Labor understands politics, it understands the need to compromise. These are things the Greens will never understand.

The order of political outcomes is:

1st the best possible outcome;
2nd the best possible compromised outcome; and
3rd a bad outcome

and thatโ€™s what we got after 2009, a bad outcome!

#greens donโ€™t understand compromise and will never understand politics.

#auspol

@pja @stewsmith

This is a typical Labour supporter reply. Ignore the questions, and make unprovable claims about smaller parties.

About as meaningful as liberals claiming to be better economic managers.

@naught101 @stewsmith

Mr Naught101 I would engage you in debate if I thought you were serious about politics.

Labour is something we do to earn money (or try to explain politics to a #green supporter). Labor is the name of the centre-left political party.

#auspol #labor

@pja @stewsmith

Autocorrect on my phone. You know what I meant. You are dodging the issues again.

@naught101 @stewsmith

Typical #greens supporter; always blaming someone or something else ๐Ÿ˜ขโ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜

My last conversation with youโ€ฆ

@pja @stewsmith what makes you think I'm a greens supporter? I criticise them often

@pja @naught101 and no, Labor is not centre-left,
Labor believes in:
Tax cuts for the richest in society whilst not helping the poor,
Private markets controlling and profiting from all industries including strategic or critical ones,
Policies that exacerbate inequality,
Laws that make strikes (even by nurses and teachers) illegal,
Laws that jail legitimate protest for people who are fighting for the community and the biosphere,
2 level education system

#auspol