Comments on: HOW SWEET IT IS: Thornley quits in an episode so bizarre Jerry Springer wouldn’t buy it

By: fearther duster club

fearther duster club — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:55:37 +0000

Don’t know why anyone is dragging up rubbish about Matt Viney. He was the one who saw the inevitable disaster of a Thornley ministry and offered an alternative. He withdrew when Thornley pulled his exploding cigar in Labor’s face act.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:59:56 +0000

All over bar the shouting? How about shouting the bar!

By: Not a safe pair of hands

Not a safe pair of hands — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:52:55 +0000

Lenders needs to stand up and tell the world how he relentelessly promoted this pompus twit to the caucus and to a sceptical Premier.
Now we have the specticle of the Premeir taking a hit for a gutless wonder in John Lenders. Lenders has a lot of explaining to do.
Do the right thing Lenders and resign.

By: Juffrey Gubb Kunnutt

Juffrey Gubb Kunnutt — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:59:02 +0000

I look forward to welcoming my old friend Evan to the Liberal Party. His nice house in East Melbourne, sadly standing empty during his sojourn in Kew so he could live in his electorate, will be a real boon for 500 Club functions.

By: hack

hack — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:02:51 +0000

Don’t forget onestoppolitics, not so bad, not as good as vex tho

By: Battery operated remote controlled

Battery operated remote controlled — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:15:21 +0000

Brumby’s Star chamber candidates have proven to be a dud.

There was the ABC Giorno in Preston Who turned out to be not that talented in the house.

The Reilly boy who stood for Prahran and failed to cut the mastered.

The member for Melbourne who came close to piking the electorate and losing her seat back in 2006.

And now the big fat rich kid who like you said could not stand the boarding school(A very good analogy).

Maybe it was a collapse in his fortune. If you have the money why spend the time in State Parliament. He never really shone having came close to losing the seat in the first place. Like a boy at summer school he has become home sick and wants to return to the comfort of unaccountability and anonymity. Maybe he was scared at the prospect of being under the financial microscope.Maybe there was some undisclosed matter that was surely bound to surface at the wrong time.

From the slime pit he came and back to the slime pit he will return.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:35:33 +0000

A rebuke for John Brumby. Government in crisis.

By: Good One Lenders

Good One Lenders — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:23:49 +0000

This is a severe blow for John lenders – the mother of all soft cocks. Brumby took Lenders advise on this appointment and now he has egg all over his face.
Lenders must be held accountable for being complicit in the publicly humiliation of the Premier.

By: Angry of Malvern

Angry of Malvern — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:53:49 +0000

Don’t all members of his cheer squad like John Lenders look like a bunch of dumb fucks now. At least we won’t have to endure those condescending existentialist DL cards next election.

As for the vacant spot, hasn’t everyone forgotten that Henry is owed big time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:52:45 +0000

Wonder if Evan Thornley will continue with his Labor First review of the morning papers now that he is seeking greener pastures? Christine Wallace and her Breakfast Politics will not have any competition.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:50:26 +0000

The fact that Natalie Suleyman lives nowhere near the Southern Metropolitan Region should not be a reason for her disqualification as a candidate to fill the vacancy to be caused by the pending resignation of Mr Thornley.

After all Marlene Kairouz who won the Kororoit by-election lives nowhere near Kororoit. I am not knocking Marlene. She is a good member, but to criticise one and not the other is illogical.

In the upper house perhaps a majority of the ALP winners last time did not live in their electorates at the time of their preselection. Jaala Pulford, Candy Broad, Kaye Darveniza, Johan Scheffer, Brian Tee, Shaun Leane and come to think of it Even Thornley were all in this category. This is not knocking them. It is stating a fact.

I am making that point that Natalie Suleyman should not be disqualified for Thornley’s vacancy merely because she lives in Brimbank rather than Boroondara. She is an eminently suitable candidate.

By: The Wanderer

The Wanderer — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:42:10 +0000

most business people have an over exploded view of their greatness. In reality they are in most cases over rated Milk Bar owners playing with larger bundles of cash. Yes Evan politics takes balls to play and you like most in the business dont have the stomach to handle the heat. Go back to your sanctuary of bull shit where you all back slap each other whilst exploiting workers.

By: die yuppie die

die yuppie die — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:22:11 +0000

there’s no mystery, no conspiracy. real politics turned out to be different to what he expected and he just couldn’t hack it.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:47:23 +0000

Selfish fat little ponce.
Evan contributed a big fat nothing!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:44:43 +0000

Evan Thornley did nothing for his community and as we all know was only interested in waiting for his a cabinet spot. Do you think they would really give Natalie Suleyman the vacant spot even though she doesnt live anywhere in the region??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:32:58 +0000

Didn’t I read on the net that Evan had a liking for Diane Anderson?

Where is Diane? Hasn’t been to an ALP Conference for ages. She lost her place in Higgins earlier this year, and Higgins News doesn’t appear any longer.

Perhaps Evan misses her.

By: E.T. phone home

E.T. phone home — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:21:45 +0000

The unhappy Tracey monster might have something to do with this. After all, E.T. likes the ladies. Who’s getting the warmed-by-Evan leather chair?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:45:59 +0000

One aspect of Thornley’s departure concerns filling his vacancy. It’s filled by the party and not by a countback as in Tasmania. It’s the Senate procedure.

The Left were promised Thornley’s spot but they agreed not to insist as Thornley was then non aligned. Thornley then joined Labor Unity. They left will claim they are entitled to fill Thornley’s vacancy. Labor Unity will most likely want it and there will be an internal facional brawl like Kororoit. Then Mr Dearricott’s non-aligned group will claim their right to the vacancy.

A strong tip tonight is that Natalie Suleyman is a favourite for the position.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:41:50 +0000

The departure of Thornley has all the earmarks of a scandal. You don’t resign from parliament mid term in your first term. You don’t fail to take up a cabinet appointment after lobbying everyone and telling them you want it.

When MPs resign for family reasons there is usually some other reason that has nothing to do with their family.

Whatever the reason we may not know. Now that Thornley is out of the public eye the media will be about as interested in him as they are about the sex lives of most ex MPs. If he were a champion footballer he’d still be of media interest, but he isn’t. He is now yesterday’s man. No one cares.