. "The only time that conservatives get a chance to govern is when the Labor (and it is spelled that way) government is a shambles and lands us in deep debt ??? then we hurry back to the conservatives to sort the budget out ??? get us out of debt ??? then when there is money in the bank we can indulge in the luxury of a spendthrift government that gives it all away again. (We went from a huge surplus" . . . .