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What about those who voted for the candidates who didn't win a quota? By your logic their vote had zero value, which is what you're complaining about.

No, the value remains as a record of the choice a person made when voting. So what would you like to see happen with a vote lodged for a party or person that didn't win a majority.

No, it is fair. That's how democracy works. Each vote counts because that's how they work out who won. Therefore each vote has value.

What I'm saying is that Democracy gives people a choice of which party they prefer, even if it's a choice between bad or worse. The result for One Nation after 30 years has been pretty dismal which suggests they have very little support in the community. You can make a case for alternative systems of voting, but ours is probably as fair as any.

No, he's saying it's because Democracy works that One Nation fails to get any.

That sounds pretty reasonable. I’d do much the same in terms of the family and I’m not likely to live long enough to spend the rest. I’ve got two cars (one was my wife’s) that date from 2002 and 2008 respectively, but they’re going fine at the moment so I don’t even need a new car. What else to spend the other $49m or so on? It’s too much money for most people. As long as you’ve got enough to live pretty well, having a lot more is not going to do much for you.

What would you do with $50 million? Probably try and avoid all your new friends for a start.

This clip shows just what a lowlife Trump is. Here he is relishing the fact that US Congressman Neal Dunn has still been turning up for work to bolster the Republican numbers in the House, despite having been diagnosed with a terminal illness. In the meantime while Trump is talking about death and the details of Dunn's illness, Susie Wiles is sitting next to him and has just been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. It's hard to believe how crass and self-centered this guy is.

The expression on Takaichi’s face and her uncomfortable shifting in her seat shows just how Trump’s unexpected and ignorant jibe landed. She was visibly shocked. He hasn’t got a clue of course. Then Eric Trump’s response on X; “One of the great responses to a reporter in history!” A true chip off the old block. The sooner they are all gone, the better.

I believe it’s around $12-14m. Just loose change in his world.

It was reported that his briefers about the upcoming war in Iran talked about an ‘incursion’ into the country, but Trump heard ‘excursion’, and nobody has dared to tell him that they weren’t talking about a picnic or a trip to the beach.

Looks like it’s a ‘no’ from us then.

I wonder when the Qatari’s are going to repossess the jet they gave Trump. That gift hasn’t worked out too well for them now his excursion into Iran has resulted in missiles and drones heading in their direction.

Trump bombed all the military installations on Kharg Island today which Iran uses to export 90% of its oil, nearly all to China. He has also threatened to bomb the oil infrastructure on the island if Iran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz. I think the Iranians will call his bluff. They can’t stop him, but it would just give them more incentive to hit back and keep the blockade up if he does go ahead. The regime will fight to the bitter end because they have nothing to lose. Trump is also supposed to meet with Xi Jin Ping at the end of the month. Xi won’t be happy if Trump has demolished his main source of oil.

He’s just sent 5000 marines into the area but it will take them two weeks to get there so this conflict is going to go on