In just a few days, Britain could elect an unprecedented coalition with a mandate for urgently-needed reform and the support of most voters – it’s democracy in action!
But a few partisan hacks want to hang onto politics as usual — and some of them own powerful tabloids. Hacks like billionaire Rupert Murdoch, whose Sun is pushing nasty hysteria about coalition government threatening Biblical disasters — working to ensure that Murdoch, not we voters, is the “kingmaker” in our country.
[via digihub.smh.com.au, originally written by aturner]
As if the Liberals didn’t have enough troubles, swashbuckling copyright pirates intend to contest the next federal election.
It’s not a joke, The Pirate Party is currently seeking 500 members – at $20 a piece – so it can become an officially registered party with the Australian Electoral Commission. The party’s constitution is “still in progress”, but its policies will be built on a “serious platform of intellectual property law reform and protection of privacy rights and freedom of speech”.