I'm sure old Billy is thinking whether he'd be better off with more MPs post September 14 and Kevin Rudd as opposition leader or fewer MPs and him as opposition leader post September 14.
Reader Palszy says Kevin Rudd’s triumphant tour of Geelong was actually stage-managed down to almost the last cheering supporter. For a start, the crowd scenes were not filmed in the marginal seat of Corangamite, but the safe seat of Corio next door:
Well, well, well.Andrew...as I posted Friday Corio Village shopping centre is the bogan capital of Australia. I do not intend to be derogatory, but it is a fact of life. Corio is Geelong’s version of Broadmeadows on steriods. Labor could install Mikey Mouse as the leader, and the Corioites would vote for him.
What amuses me is Dick Marles seat is one of the safest Labor seats in the country, while Darren Cheeseman’s Corrangamite seat is one of the most marginal...why didn’t Kev weave his magic at the Waurn Ponds shopping in Grovedale (bigger than Corio) in Cheeseman’s electorate?
I will tell you why.. The public response there would be abhorring...definitely not adoring ...believe me, the average IQ rises considerably once you cross to the southern side of the Barwon River in Geelong.
BTW...just spoke to mate who’s daughter works as a hairdresser at Corio Village. She said that Friday was a circus, totally scripted from start to finish...a bus load of Labor supporters arrived a half an hour before Kev and his entourage. All the TV was shot outside John Eren’s (local state member) megazine floor office with his staff and the bus people. My mates daughter reckons Kev was exposed to the general public for less than a couple minutes, always surrounded by the ‘bus people’. She also noted that the comments from the women in the chairs in her salon when Kev wandered past her shop was not what we seen on the TV Friday night.
Nothing would surprise me with Rudd and the Labor Party to falsify and lie.
He is as bad as Gillard. They are both as crafty as each other.
Perhaps Bill Shorten sees himself as the third option and for this reason, not directly dirty his hands for a second time.
Pro-Rudd and Anti-Abbott?I think you meant left-leaning.
You will get your wish. The Greens controlled Senate will sink any reforms the Coalition attempt, or to roll back any of Gillard's nasties.
LABOR powerbroker Bill Shorten is being urged to move against Julia Gillard later this week as Kevin Rudd prepares for another marginal seat rescue mission - this time in western Sydney.
A key Rudd supporter said Mr Shorten and those loyal to him must act this week, allowing a leadership ballot when parliament resumes next Monday.
The timeframe would be consistent with Barrie Cassidy's commentary while the Rudddozer heads for Western Sydney,
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ership-this-week/story-fn59niix-1226661272655
Brains and Labor don't seem to have a lot in common at the moment, but she could give a final one figure salute to Kev by having an early cuppa with the GG herself. She might even gain back a few votes for finally putting this sad and sorry parliament out of its misery.If I was Gillard I would bring the election forward, this long election campaign is just giving everyone one a free shot at mischief.
This has to be the dumbest strategy ever, unless it was for some sort of personal gain, which isn't immediately obvious.
I think the Scotish dude needs to have his 457 revoked.lol
Brains and Labor don't seem to have a lot in common at the moment, but she could give a final one figure salute to Kev by having an early cuppa with the GG herself. She might even gain back a few votes for finally putting this sad and sorry parliament out of its misery.
She might want to be quick though, before the Rudddozer gains too much momentum.
What I do think about him is that people on the street know him, like him and get behind him. This means that the media will pay more attention to what he has to say as opposition leader because someone out there cares. This is CRUCIAL to holding the God-botherer snake and his financially illiterate treasurer we're destined to have to account.
It seems like the only way out, unless she believes there is some benefit in having this circus run on untill september.
It seems like the only way out, unless she believes there is some benefit in having this circus run on untill september.
I thing that she is counting on a feeling in the community that anyone forcing "Australia's Female PM" plus Timmy and the dog, out of the Lodge would be forever labelled as a misogynist pig.
I've been wondering if Gillard is so desperate to prevent Rudd from toppling her, that she might bring the election forward. She could use the escalation of boats arriving and the loss of life to say the ALP needs a mandate to pass legislation to implement the Malaysian solution.
I also think Rudd might be happy to be Prime minister again even if only for a month or two. It would mean that this labor government started and finished with him as PM. Being a defeated prime minister is common enough however being a deposed PM serving less than 1 term would be humiliating.
Agree with both your points, AAA. I just can't see a complete front bench reshuffle at this late stage.I also think with a Rudd return, Gillard supporters such as Swan may not even contest the election. I don't see Swan wanting to be in opposition with Rudd as a leader and having to listen to the new coalition government dump on his performance as a treasurer on a daily basis.
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