smac wrote:R&B, I never took you for the "he did it, so it's OK" crowd. Surely not?
Howard and his crowd were held accountable, so should anyone displaying the same arrogance.
You're right, smac, my apologies.
I just get a little bored and frustrated at comments better suited to a Liberal Party branch meeting than a political debate.
As it happens, I'm happy to debate the Westminster principal of ministerial responsibilty and why it has fallen into disuse anytime.
I totally agreed that Koutsantonis should have been sacked, but I also think he wasn't because a host of Howard ministers weren't. That's consistent and a legitimate point, regardless of whether Howard was booted out or not. Koutsantonis wasn't because the principal of ministerial responsibility had already been cast aside.
Back to the serious debating points of Rudd saying sugar coating or working families all the time.
Let's instead have a
great big new tax............yawn.