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John Passant<\/strong>: There is the rotten stench wafting from the crypt of Parliament of a dying party bereft of principle whose raison d\u2019etre is power for powers\u2019 sake, not the betterment of the working class and the poor.<\/p>\n

….The Slipper syndrome – power before principle, rule for the rich \u2013 highlights once again the bankruptcy of Labor and may be another heaving gasp on the way to the final death rattle of the ALP\u2019s version of social democracy in Australia.<\/p>\n

via En Passant \u00bb Slip sliding away: a eulogy for Gillard Labor?<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Passant: There is the rotten stench wafting from the crypt of Parliament of a dying party bereft of principle whose raison d\u2019etre is power for powers\u2019 sake, not the betterment of the working class and the poor. ….The Slipper syndrome – power before principle, rule for the rich \u2013 highlights once again the bankruptcy … <\/p>\n

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