Monday, July 16, 2012

Australia's top paper makes it official : Greens now a major threat to traditional parties

GREENS replace Liberals as Aussie Labour's bete noire


The Sydney Morning Herald - "Big Thunder" - says that the Labour Party is taking a big risk by its very public declaration of war against the greens rather than against its traditional opponent , the libertarian-oriented Liberals.

The Liberals have also joined in the braying, as it too is losing some of its young educateds to the Greens as well.

A wrenching voter and party re-alignment is definitely under way down under, where the green revolution all began 40 years ago this year .....

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