Jan. 31, 2012 at 12:57pm with 2 notes
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The other point about primaries is that if ALP candidates are to compete on policy then they will have to stand up for that policy in parliament. Effective primaries are incompatible with caucus discipline.
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Geoff Robinson, “Listening to Labor’s true believers”

Robinson makes a good point about the problem with primaries in the ALP where strong party discipline exist. He points out that it becomes about personal appeal to constituencies rather than policy, using Hare-Clarke as a comparison.

Food for thought.

  1. screwrocknroll said: This is a feature, not a bug.
  2. citizen-cam said: Works for me. Just be a little less demanding about party discipline. If you don’t broadly agree with basic Labor policy why would you be there in the first place?
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