Gozu wrote:Psyber wrote:That does also make it more difficult to get rid of an embarrassing candidate - because only the local members have the say and if they like him he gets to stay, even if the factional heads don't like it.
See the Libs Jayme Diaz branch stacking effort at the last election.
I did say "
more difficult" not impossible.
Sometimes the locals can be conned or pressured, or extra people eligible to join the local branch can be drummed up.
However, that is a long way from the systemic power brokering machine in the ALP which makes general membership voting rights meaningless.
I can't talk about other parties - I've been to a few Greens meetings about issues I care about, but the theme there seems to be less about power brokering and more about "alternative economics" and the idea that debt doesn't matter because the government can just print more money.