Losing opposition leaders who had a second chance : Matthew Guy, who is contesting Saturday’s Victorian election, Bill Shorten, Jeff Kennett, Mark McGowan, Tony Abbott, Bob Carr, Lawrence Springborg and Nick Greiner.Losing opposition leaders who had a second chance : Matthew Guy, who is contesting Saturday’s Victorian election, Bill Shorten, Jeff Kennett, Mark McGowan, Tony Abbott, Bob Carr, Lawrence Springborg and Nick Greiner.Last modified on Thu 24 Nov 2022 23.
Opposition leaders are often given another shot straight away when they lead a party to an improved position without winning power. Thirteen out of 20 cases at state, federal and territory level since 1980 involved a politician in that position. This makes sense – sometimes a party is so far away from victory that you can’t expect them to gain back that ground all in one term.
Examples of this include Bill Shorten and Kim Beazley, who came close to winning federally after their party had been defeated in a landslide at the previous election, only to go on and lose a second time. It also includes people like Tony Abbott, Bob Carr , Ted Baillieu , Colin Barnett , Nick Greiner and Mike Rann , who went on to win on their second attempt.
A rare second chance! Because everyone else in his party is either a Pentecostal gun-waving loon, or drunk! auspol
‘the loser who lived’ is a good name for Matthew Guy
Matthew Guy is never going to lead the most progressive state in Victoria. Both major parties are shite anyway.
I always found John Howard's political career quite a series of turnarounds. He should've been edged out of politics in late 1970s to early 80s when the Bottom of the Harbour scam broke & he couldn't/ wouldn't deal with it as Treasurer. Then also, the Children Overboard lies..
Will it be back to his day job after this second failed bid?
And if Liberal wins I would bet $100 it will be *despite* him being the leader.
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Matthew Guy is not ‘great on TV’The Australian Associate Editor John Ferguson says Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy has had a “pretty good campaign” but isn’t “great on TV”. “That’s probably his biggest downside, he’s just not someone who naturally looks good on TV,” Mr Ferguson said. “If you can’t project credibly on TV, it’s very hard to win the confidence of a large number of people.” Being 'good' or not on TV is not a prerequisite for Premier. Being honest, being able to recall who made a decision that prematurely killed over 800 Victorians and not completely ruining an entire state while dividing its residents is. Better than Daniel Andrew’s 🤨 PutLaborLast
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Matthew Guy vows to bring forward age for probationary driver’s licenceVictorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy says if elected the Coalition will bring forward the age of eligibility for a probationary driver's licence from 18 to 17. “You still need 120 hours of your L-plates and you’ll still need to do all the work that you would normally do on your L-plates,” Mr Guy said during a media conference on Thursday. “But you’ll be eligible for your P’s at 17, like you are in New South Wales, like you are in South Australia.” Terrible idea Stop this from happening Then unblock them 😝
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We’ve got a ‘positive vision’ for Victoria: Matthew GuyVictorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has said he’s hopeful of the Coalition holding onto the seat of Benambra in the state election. “We are focused, we are determined, we’ve got a positive vision for our state,” he said during a media conference on Thursday. “I can’t be clearer, places like Benambra, we’ve got to ... change the government and build a new hospital.' I to am hopeful that $30 million dollars will turn up in my bank account tomorrow.
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Promised changes made to P plate rules as state election loomsThe state election could come down to the wire in a number of seats, with both leaders on the hustings today to secure last minute votes. Matthew Guy has been pitching to young drivers, while Daniel Andrews spruiked his infrastructure spend. 7NEWS 🤣 So we following the wreckage and death of young drivers under the age of 19 yrs old in our country. Clearly the Liberal Party hasn’t learnt from the anguish family’s in other states have gone through. Example the 5 lives lost ti a driver under 19 in NSW.
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Matthew Guy needs to ‘inspire’ Victorians that the ‘best days of the state lie ahead of them’Former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger says if Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy can get Victorians to “believe their best days are ahead of them”, then the Liberal Party has a good chance of winning the vote on Saturday. “This is what I say about the Liberal Party going forward … you basically have to inspire people to believe that their best days lie ahead of them, that the best days of the state lie ahead of them,” he told Sky News Australia. “This is where the Liberal Party focus now and into the future – in the moral working middle class. “The people with mortgages, the people driving a long way to work the people who are under pressure.” This guy? Victoria can’t afford another 4 years of DictatorDan - It’s time for a change. Labor/Greens/Teals/Animal Justice/Reason Parties last in the order you choose. DanMustGo PutLaborLast AndrewsMustGo SackDanAndrews CookVsCrook VicVotes2022 BahahahahahahahahahahHahahahahahahahahahahahHahahahahahahah a
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Victorian election 2022 LIVE updates: Daniel Andrews, Matthew Guy enter final days of campaign; pokie reform not in major parties’ sightsThe two leaders have clashed over the integrity watchdog and gas policy, legal experts have rubbished Labor’s plan to protect the State Electricity Commission by putting it into the Victorian constitution, and police say no offence was committed by sitting upper house independent MP Catherine Cumming when she made her “red mist” comment. Andrews did the usual when asked a question never really answered the actual question just waffle and BS ! Dan slayed the mental case
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