Rightio, with the council elections out of the way it's full steam ahead with a merger between the Liberal Party and the Nationals in Queensland.

There's plenty of work to be done.

They've got to sort of all manner of things... like stationary, branding. That's very important because it will go on business cards, campaign posters, telly ads, goodness me it might be bigger than we thought.

So let's come up with a name for this new conservative force in Queensland politics.

Lawrence got any ideas?

"Names are not a big issue for me."

Ok then... right... well it's your big idea, can't you come up with something anything? This is kinda important.

"I'm not even averse to membership competition, calling on Queenslanders to name it."

Like it Larry, like it a lot... so, yes, this is shaping up as a goer ? I'm thinking out loud here but maybe a lucky dip? ... but if we're going to have a competition we'll have to have a prize for the winner.

"haha heheh haha...noooo, all I said was it was one of the possibilities."

Actually hold that thought Lorenzo...

Turns out the Liberals aren't all that keen on merger after all.

On Sunday 40 members of the all-powerful Liberal central council gathered to discuss merging with the Nationals.

Afterwards ex-President Garry Spence revealed that the group hadn't spent a whole lot of time discussing the merger plans... so much for Lawrence's plan.

Mr Springborg has staked his re-cycled leadership on plans to create a new conservative party, the Liberal move places a cloud over his future.

He had wanted the Liberal leadership to give their rank and file a vote on the matter, instead the meeting referred the merger plan to the Federal Branch and promised to discuss it again in May.

The Parliamentary leader's language is interesting, particularly for a bloke who'd previously supported the merger.

"We will stick to a time frame that best guards the interests of the Liberal party."

Some federal liberals have nick-named Mr Springborg's proposed new entity the Pineapple Party... today his state liberal colleagues turned out to be more prickly."

Far from uniting conservative forces Mr Springborg could split them three ways into the Liberals, the Old Nationals and Mr Springborg's as yet un-named party.

Mr McArdle again: "what you don't want to do is rush to a solution and then find the solution is worse than the perceived problem."

So for now it's wait and see but it's not looking good for the Queensland Nationals.

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. cobnjob - Apr 01 12:23pm

At least it's a sign of someone saying and doing something why don't people realise same old same old won't work it works in other states but only because the Libs every where else are the big brother they HATE being little brother here but then they've had plenty of elections to win more seats and they never do so why don't they just accept they are little brother here and fold into Lawrie's new party I would call it the United Party how about that do I win the prize it's spelled stationery.

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