tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post1960625971320709130..comments2023-10-17T16:05:59.282+01:00Comments on radical royalist: Shorten's republic plans brought no victory radical royalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438964016034979338noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-76957673193491632282019-06-01T11:24:35.533+01:002019-06-01T11:24:35.533+01:00We've had republican PMs recently - Rudd, Gill...We've had republican PMs recently - Rudd, Gillard and Turnbull - none of whom really pushed the republic issue while they were in office, or at least none of them made any moves towards a referendum on the issue. Shorten on the other hand said he was going to hold a plebiscite on the issue - something which clearly went down like a lead balloon.<br /><br />Sure enough, there were many issues that led to Labor's defeat - the voting patterns in the "heartlands" as opposed to the inner-city and Canberra elites which also manifested itself in the 1999 referendum.<br /><br />Republicanism in the Commonwealth realms was a fad 20 years ago but one hopes it'll quietly go away just like Quebec separatism has.David Votoupalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580606716887515975noreply@blogger.com