UN wanted!

Well.. politicians will be politicians and that's why I believe they are the last people in the establishment  to decide who of their retired ilk are fit to fill overseas representative posts. Hockey gets a thumbs-up after a disastrous term in charge of the treasury and Rudd gets the 'flick' because … ? Whatever his short-comings, I'm glad HE was in charge when the World Financial Crisis occurred during his turn at the helm in Australia!

Elephant?

Another oft-used modern figure of speech bites the dust?

What a beach!

With the lady of the house still in recovery mode, a combination of 'home duties' and the freezing weather in this neck of the woods continues to hamper my cartooning activities. An unfinished version of this work has been in digital 'rough' form for almost a week awaiting my undivided attention to finishing it off.

The only certainty about my artwork output at the moment is that there is no certainty at all!

Ill-wind!

This is a practice scribble which this morning spun out of the void comprising most of my 'toonie brain.
Bin it… or manufacture a barely relevant text? The latter won, so here's today's contribution to the world of humorous nothings.

Mandate?

With the seemingly endless federal election vote counting nearing its end… looks as if the coalition will stagger back into nominal power in Canberra despite the loss of at least 13 seats? Not much in that to cheer about one would think. But, NO.

Mr. Turnbull is already equating the 'victory' with a mandate to proceed with policies which doubtless contributed to fairly heavy coalition losses. With his government having to negotiate a new term littered with knife-edge prospects of passing any legislation at all, you'd think that 'big stick' tactics would be best put aside in the interests of progressive governance?

Then again, perhaps not in light of the political rabble which many western electorates seem happy to support these days?

Tower of Babble

Just a bit of froth generated by the unusually lengthy spotlight on federal politics over the past week.

If the hat fits…?

Unsure of the election outcome Malcolm has sort protection under the big sombrero of Katter the Hatter who can probably supply limited upstairs cover for even the biggest of big heads?

Of course, the price you pay for that kind of succour may present yet another mountain to climb?

V for victory?

Slowly, slowly it begins to emerge that the coalition may just retain enough seats to form a new majority government.

Hardly rates as a victory when the truth is that somewhere between 15 and 20 seats were lost along the way?

Cliff Hangers?

As the reader may have gleaned over years of trying to absorb my meanderings on this site… I don't have a great deal of faith in any of our current political nabobs. That especially applies to the adherents of the 'older parties'.

Thus, I don't fear the emergence of a 'hung' parliament should today's election fail to produce a working majority for any of the 'usual suspects'. If one or the other has the opportunity to form a government needing to negotiate controversial legislation through an 'unfriendly' upper house… what a wonderful new learning cycle that will provide for people clearly lacking the ability during recent terms in office?