Reference :- General Motors has shut down Holden , without prior discussion with Prime Minister Morrison .

Reference : -  The sudden termination of a national manufacturing icon has annoyed our Prime Minister .  Is he worried about getting spare parts for his government limousines ?  No he is not .


Those big company executives treated you very badly Mr Morrison .   At least they could have chatted with you about it for a week or two, even if they already had their minds made up.  Now you look like a lightweight bereft of international respect .  And the buggers soaked up billions in subsidies and other support over the years . That money could have gone somewhere in need , like the fossil fuel industry .

Sky News presenter  ( and great fan of yours )  Paul Murray almost cried on set when he described the demise of Holden .    It made me wonder if you will have trouble getting parts for your limousines .  But then ,  I looked it up and discovered that since the Tories snatched the reins of power you have been using cars made by BMW , and not Holden, as in the past .

 It was pointed out by Mr Abbott's team that after careful analysis they found it was cheaper for the taxpayer if they bought BMWs  instead of Holdens .     I wish my mate Trevor knew that , or he would have bought a BMW to use on the farm instead of the Holden .  Every penny counts when you are running on a tight budget .

Without appearing to be critical , however , do you think it sends a poor message when the Prime Minister doesn't want to drive a car made in his own country ?   Or when town councils buy thousands of Audis and Volkswagons for the staff to thrash about , and shun the local product ?
It wouldn't help sales either . 

Well who knows ?   We need to ask those  " quiet Australians " you are always on about .    But we don't have many of those here in Kooralya .    My son , Ken junior , ran one of his regular polls , and asked people to say whether or not they identified as a " quiet Australian " .    Nobody said they did , except for old Stanley who ticked  "yes " while attempting  to laugh  .  Stanley has been deaf and mute ever since the stroke he had a few years back .   He still has a sense of humour though .

It might sound a bit soppy , but I really miss the days when the likes of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating were chauffeured around in Australian made cars .    Paul was quite a car enthusiast , and liked tearing about in British  sports cars as a lad . But he remained faithful to the local product when selecting cars for official use .   I guess that's what you see when a prime minister is a true patriot , and not  just somebody pretending to be like a nice average bloke in order to score votes .

 Happy motoring .   Your comrade , Ken