Socrates

Let’s see, 20 million into 1.2 billion goes China has 60 times our voting power. Europe has roughly 30 times our voting power. Africa ditto. India also about 60 times over voting power.

My guess is that the HowRudd Convergence has just about shredded our international cred on global warming…

Why would people listen to an Aussie King Coal?

This made me think though, just how unrepresentative the international one-vote-per-nation type systems are, including the UN. Some like to think we “punch above our weight” in such fora. But is that what we should be aiming for? It would seem better if everyone punched proportional to their weight. Considering issues like the GFC and soon CC, the need for coordinated international action is rising, but our ability to deliver it is still low.

Got me there.

still awaiting your link re @859 [72 election but was removed for supporting some aspects of the White Australia policy]

through his megalomania and his winner takes all social conservativism, he has virtually eleminated the conservative side of politics as a serious force, probably for a decade to come.

Ahhh

But try as he might, and god did he try, he couldny oust the wily P georgiou, yet he disposed of how many labor leaders?

(1) through his megalomania and his winner takes all social conservativism, he has virtually eleminated the conservative side of politics as a serious force, probably for a decade to come.
(2) he took us into two wars – consequences yet to be paid.
(3) he ate up the boom years – consequences yet to be paid.
(4) he normalized xenophobia
(5) he ate up the boom years
(6) he fostered an entitlements mentality that will be difficult to roll back.
(7) most of all, he cost us a decade of do nothing on climate change.

Is your memory good enough to point to anyone else who was the designated ALP spokesperson on electoral matters pre-1972?

Got me there.