That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it and to institute new Government.
In 1909 Alfred Deakin, the leader of the Protectionist Party merged with the Free Trade Party of George Reid to form the CLP on a shared platform of opposing the Australian Labor Party. It was defeated by Labor at its first election held in 1910.
Well, that must have been a real meeting of minds.
ReplyDeleteSo much for principled politicians.
But even so, he had nothing on Billy Hughes.
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