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Ken Burch

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1. So why are these guys so fixated on putting Shorten in the leadership?

Reply to Matilda (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 12:03 AM

Sep 2013

Doesn't he represent the "more of the same" tendency?

If he does, what possible case is there for choosing him?

It's not like "more of the same" could possibly work next time if it failed so badly this time.

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Labor left caucus concerned over insistence on Shorten from the right [View all] Matilda Sep 2013 OP

So why are these guys so fixated on putting Shorten in the leadership? Ken Burch Sep 2013 #1

Because Shorten is ex-trade union boss (AWU), Matilda Sep 2013 #2

Point of information: are there no left-wing unions in Australia? Ken Burch Sep 2013 #3

I'm not an expert on unions, Matilda Sep 2013 #4