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Easter Traditions In Politics

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 5 Apr 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

A satirical tweet mocks Labour Party members by comparing their Easter celebrations to a child's bunny hunt, highlighting perceived elitism and absurdity in political culture.

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Heard on radio

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  • Chris, have you ever seen, and we're going off a tangent here, but have you ever seen Utopia from the ABC? I think you should go watch Utopia as well, which is an amazing sitcom about basically the National Infrastructure Commission in Australia and the way it operates. That's well worth a watch. Hey, well, thank you to everyone who... wrote in with questions for this show and over Easter weekend. There's been tons of them and we will look to do more of these Q&A episodes in the future. And thank you to everyone that listens. Don't forget to follow the podcast wherever you listen to your podcast, be it Spotify, Apple, YouTube, anywhere else. Hit follow and then you automatically get updated with the podcast on a Tuesday morning. Next week. Now we're going to have a bit of big news just teasing it ahead for those that are staying right to the end of the podcast next week we've got some big news so please stay tuned for that and all will be revealed soon and in the meantime I'm going to let you two fine gentlemen go off into your Easter Monday evening we'll see you later
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peace as a moral imperative over war

Cabinet Demotions, Grand Coalitions and Rocket Science
6 Apr
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