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discussions at the time, that it knew where it was going. That philosophical foundation is essential.
MR SPEAKER: Order. Mr Berry, I put you on warning. If you disobey standing order 40 again, I will name you. Please proceed, Mr Wood.
Mr Berry: Well, I seek leave - - -
MR SPEAKER: You cannot seek leave. Please proceed, Mr Wood.
Mr Berry: Yes, I can.
MR SPEAKER: You are on warning, Mr Berry.
MR WOOD: That philosophical foundation is essential. I understand that there is a problem with the group over the road there. I understand there are three disparate groups that have somehow to be moulded together and it is no easy task. I recognise that. We have the Liberal Party, which has always been a party of opportunism from the days when it was founded by Menzies who took a group of people out of office and said: "We have to get back in somehow. Let's establish a way", without having any particular philosophy leading to that. We have the Rally that was born in protest, in reaction, and that is fine. That is fair and reasonable, but it is not good enough for guiding principles. We do not forget this Pryor cartoon that expressed the philosophy of the Residents Rally and the vision of the Residents Rally with the comment from the Residents Rally: "It is not our job to create that vision, but we certainly believe we will recognise it when we see it".
Mr Collaery: Michael Moore said that.
MR WOOD: Yes, I know. I know that, but he was speaking for the Residents Rally as the official spokesperson for the Rally. There is no doubt about that. It was in your good old days there and that is a fair reflection. Of course we have the third leg of this coalition over the road, the NSGs, the now self-glory party. Its members are the only successful group in that coalition because they came in here with the view to destroy self-government and they are doing it very well, given their influence on the Government.
Mr Collaery: I heard you telling Rosemary to use that this morning. I really could not help hearing it, Bill. I did not mean to.
MR WOOD: Well, nevertheless it is very true. There is no vision in this collection across the chamber and I believe that you do need that fundamental vision if you are to know the path you want to go. So what do we get? We get the view expressed in the Chief Minister's first speech where it begins with the claim for vision but then becomes a
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