Labor wars destroying campaign | The Examiner

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Three weeks is a long time in politics, but has anyone knocked on the Tasmanian Labor Party’s head office door to let them know there is an election on? Because at the moment they are like a dysfunctional family airing their dirty laundry in the middle of the street. The powerful left faction can’t stand the fact people from the party’s right may have an opinion and they just can’t get on. Dean Winter’s preselection fiasco has dominated their campaign for almost two weeks and there is no end in sight with Clark candidate Ben McGregor quitting over historic inappropriate text messages and Franklin hopeful Fabiano Cangelosi speaking out about his displeasure on party policies that he finds repugnant. People from both…