Habemus Albo

I’ve had bugger all to say about the Australian election cos, frankly, I am still sick of politics and that includes our own; very little about the local carnival over the last few weeks has been that exciting, and I was mainly just waiting for the whole nonsense to be over and done with…

…which, remarkably, it was, surprisingly early; Antony Green was calling it for Labor by about 8.30 and, as you may see above, the potato-faced cunt lost his own seat before 9pm. Even Dickson is sick of his shit. Apparently this is the first time this has ever happened to a leader of the opposition here, similar to the Canadian election the other day where their opposition Conservatives got walloped and Pierre Poilievre, the party leader, lost his seat… which has led to an absurd situation there where another Conservative MP who just won his own seat again is standing aside to let PP run again in a by-election… which seems ridiculous cos, you know, they just HAD an election and the people of this other district voted for this other guy, not him. I don’t think this will work for him in the way he thinks it will…

This time last year I didn’t think Albo would see more than one term and Dutton would be PM by now… but the latter was fool enough to align himself with Mushroom Cock (just look at that silly cow Jacinta Price with her MAGA hat), and I think much as Poilievre’s association with Drumpf cost him dearly in the end, Dutton’s did the same for the Coalition and for himself; I suspect this was less a vote for Labor and more a vote against the Libs. But, having said that, credit where it’s due—Albo is now the first PM since J. Howard in 2004 to win successive elections, and he did so with what appears to be quite a swing to Labor as well; as of 11pm the ABC reckons Labor has 86 seats to the Coalition’s 40.

Just don’t blow it now, Anthony. Get back to being the “I just want to fight Tories” guy you were in opposition and haven’t really been in government. I wanted more of that from you in the last three years and you didn’t really give it. Still, the important thing is Peter Dutton is not the PM, and hopefully will never be a political force again.

So there you, that was Australian democracy for 2025, and I carried out my own civic duty this afternoon at Matraville Primary. They had democracy sausage which they don’t always have there…

…but I was more excited by democracy doggo (I had hot dogs at home that I’d already paid for so just had one of those when I got back). His/her face is a bit blurry cos he/she was moving about a fair bit (look at the similarly active tail wagging) and it was hard to get a proper photo, but a charming and pleasing sight nonetheless and perfectly happy to be petted and paid attention to. My legs have been killing me ever since, but the day has been satisfying.