Puddings

Senator Sprig of Holly has led the rank and file of the Christmas Pudding Party back into the fray with a plausibility-busting deal on preference distribution in the Queensland senate election that offers up a consequential prospect of a return to Australia's parliament of that reeky pantomime dame Pauline Hansen.

Just when this election had grown rather stale the floral decoration has been driven onto the back foot by this decision, and as a diversionary tactic he has launched a fairy tale economic policy platform centred around making petrol (gas) cheaper by delivering a substantial cut in petrol tax.

According to Senator Sprig "It is irresponsible not to cut petrol tax … it helps people make ends meet and … puts downward pressure on inflation." It is also obviously economic suicide not to chop down every last tree, dam every last river and dig up every last tonne of saleable mineral.

The Christmas Pudding party is locked in mortal combat with equally fringe and narrow interest parties such as the Fern Friendlies: according to the Puddings the tree huggers are 'extreme' and have 'extreme policies' and are possessed of a soft policy on drugs. It seems finally even on the lunatic fringes of public debate it is recognised as no longer astute politicking to grub for single digit volumes of votes by demonising single mothers and poofters, so the Green Party has been co-opted to fill the void.

Sadly with all the excitement of squeezing the Friendlies into frame the good Senator then went completely over the top.

His logic escapes me; the Fern Friendlies would have to be possessed of potent magic that, out of government and without influence, their proposed policy on drugs has yet created a culture of drug delinquency within the Australian Football League. Sadly I think it is Senator Sprig who is away with the Fairies.