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Consider this: bad things are actually good. John Howard: Trump and Brexit symbolise cry for 'national sovereignty' Former prime minister John Howard has said Donald Trump’s election and Britain’s decision to quit the European Union demonstrated a global push for greater “national sovereignty” that’s also affecting Australian politics. “I was delighted with the result of the Brexit referendum,” he told the Committee for Economic Development of Australia forum in Sydney on Friday. “The British people made the right decision. I saw that decision as being very much a cry for national sovereignty and control of their own affairs.” Howard told the audience Trump articulated the resentment many Americans felt towards an “avalanche of political correctness” which was also seen in Australia. “Our own country ... at the present time is going through a very challenging stage politically,” the former Liberal leader said. “The result of the election last year was closer than many people expected but the government was returned and I hope the government continues for the full term.” Howard blamed the Senate for making things tough for both Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull’s governments. “The problem that Abbott and Turnbull have is that the major crossbench party in the Senate when I was prime minister were the Australian Democrats and the major crossbench party in the Senate now is the Australian Greens,” he said. “There’s this fragmentation on the flanks.” Howard said that when he was first involved in politics 20% of voters in the middle “moved around” but now 40% of the population could be considered swinging voters. He said the Liberal party was increasingly “a bit of a closed shop” in terms of candidates. That comment comes less than a month after renegade Liberal senator Cory Bernardi quit the Coalition to form his own conservative group and just days after outspoken Nationals backbencher George Christensen quit as the party’s chief whip. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/03/john-howard-trump-and-brexit-symbolise-cry-for-national-sovereignty
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xIhnTei-cQ&t=180s Pertinent part is only 30s long but you can watch further, inc Davids McGhan.
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Bogan King posted:Happy international womens day ladies, the chamber of commerce has your back. See cutting penalty rates is their gift to women so now they can work more hours on Sundays. Who says men never do anything for you females. Loving the responses
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That tweet appears to have disappeared from his feed 
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I know it's still early and I haven't checked the Trump thread yet, but that is the dumbest thing I've heard all day.
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Mar 10, 2017 06:42
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The Deadly Hume posted:This rules. 
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Drink a beer for each seat the Tories lose? Edit this out dude, Lowtax gets visits whenever people make death threats
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that dog's gonna get lit
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Mar 11, 2017 10:34
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hope that first one doesn't mind sharing
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Mar 11, 2017 10:41
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you know there are actual bdsm sites right?
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Mar 11, 2017 11:14
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why aren't there any female letters?
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Mar 15, 2017 06:18
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It's true; if we just sent all those Jewish we did, they died
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Mar 15, 2017 23:47
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https://twitter.com/Rashidajourno/status/842585179914829824
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poor Bill Leak, thought of 18C and died
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DancingShade posted:As a kid Hitler was probably really nice until he accidentally shaved off the wrong zit, becoming a monstrous genocidal maniac. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
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Mar 17, 2017 11:36
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Starshark posted:gay Muslim disabled dwarf orgies in their living rooms. THIS IS WHAT LIBERALS ACTUALLY WANT
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Mar 17, 2017 13:19
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Starshark posted:
Because no-one reads haiku anymore
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Mar 17, 2017 16:39
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Again with Kenny and the dog-loving. Why doesn't anyone talk about all the dogs he DIDN'T gently caress?
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DancingShade posted:Good to see we as a nation are moving forwards in reverse. Maybe in a couple hundred more years we'll have rediscovered bronze forging and how to cure leather. Bronze is a Communist plot to force Marxism on the nation through metallurgical multiculturalism, we need to go back to the days of pure copper, untainted by inferior tin.
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Mar 18, 2017 11:10
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yeh ok, might have been more belivable if you didn't use an actual photo of your face as your user pic; literal dutton parachute account
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Mar 18, 2017 17:23
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Talk about a long bow
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He's not wrong
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Solemn Sloth posted:Please describe to me the person who previously voted PHON above ALP above LNP but is swayed by 18C Idiots
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what a conga-line of suckholes
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Mar 22, 2017 11:49
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is this what it feels like to have a stroke? also 
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Don Dongington posted:I can only assume the shitshow that was the 3 day "debate" on the subject of 18C was ironically enough to convince her that "Hrm yeah gently caress we need this." See also: this whole thing is amazing 19. Fellow Queensland senator Barry O'Sullivan wanted to talk about "Negro citizens" in the United States.
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