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How many times did John Howard do combat with Andrew Peacock before he finally won leadership and locked it in?
There is a very interesting article in the AFR today from Mark Latham, a former leader of the ALP, and one not known to be prone to hyperbole.
He states that he has it on good authority that Rudd has begun planning a third attempt at leading the ALP, that will destroy Shorten or any other leader, who wins from the present sideshow alley method of choosing a leader.
Poor ALP, a once great party, destined to be rudded out of existence.
gg
If so, I wonder why he resigned from the leadership position? He had his prize, why would he would want to fight for it all over again...
The new rules require that the leadership go to a ballot following the defeat and he knew he wouldn't win it. If what Latham says is true, perhaps he is waiting for the new leadership to self destruct and he will again make his return to save the party. It seems far fetched, but then again, anything is possible when it comes to Labor.
If so, I wonder why he resigned from the leadership position? He had his prize, why would he would want to fight for it all over again...
If it's Tony Abbott you regard as Kevin Rudd's opponent, Tony's seen him off twice.So basically, I think Rudd has the better measure of his opponent, but needs to sanitise his image a bit from the backbench before kicking in his next campaign.
If it's Tony Abbott you regard as Kevin Rudd's opponent, Tony's seen him off twice.
Labor on the other hand don't seem to be able to rid themselves of this self inflected curse.
If so, I wonder why he resigned from the leadership position? He had his prize, why would he would want to fight for it all over again...
KEVIN Rudd is "a psychopath with a giant ego" tweeted the ALP's member for Bendigo, Steve Gibbons, last year.
I think Rudd is going to be the gift that keeps on giving to the coalition. It would be interesting to see if there was an election within the next year or so due to a double disolution, what tactics the coalition would employ regarding Rudd. Would they try and take his seat by having Glasson run again or would they run a nobody candidate and gift Rudd the seat so as he could keep poisoning the ALP. Rudd staying on after this election is just the icing on the cake as far as I'm concerned.
Nicola Roxon calls on Kevin Rudd to quit Parliament, says he had been a 'bastard' as PM
Former attorney-general Nicola Roxon has delivered a scathing character assessment of Kevin Rudd, saying he "had been a bastard" during his prime ministership and calling on him to quit Parliament.
Ms Roxon made the comments during a lengthy critique of Labor's six years in government as she delivered the John Button Memorial Lecture in Melbourne this evening.
"Removing Kevin was an act of political bastardry, for sure, but this act of political bastardry was made possible only because Kevin had been such a bastard himself to too many people already," she said.
Ms Roxon, a staunch supporter of former prime minister Julia Gillard, resigned from politics at the election.
The Libs will be grateful to Ms Roxon for this addition to their arsenal of the ALP dumping on its own.Nicola Roxon calls on Kevin Rudd to quit Parliament, says he had been a 'bastard' as PM
Former attorney-general Nicola Roxon has delivered a scathing character assessment of Kevin Rudd, saying he "had been a bastard" during his prime ministership and calling on him to quit Parliament.
I reckon Rudd will make a move for ALP Leader in about 18 months.
In the meantime he'll drop a few morsels to his pet Journalists and ALP hangers on such as Bongiorno and Bob Ellis.
gg
The Libs will be grateful to Ms Roxon for this addition to their arsenal of the ALP dumping on its own.
Ms Roxon did not hold back. Well worth a listen for those who haven't caught up with what she said.
I reckon Rudd will make a move for ALP Leader in about 18 months.
In the meantime he'll drop a few morsels to his pet Journalists and ALP hangers on such as Bongiorno and Bob Ellis.
gg
Feel free to entertain yourselves but this thread should be allowed to die.
Rudd won't be back IMO he leave parliament within the year (his time has passed)
The Libs will get a bit of short term gain, but it's all ultimately more fuel for Rudd to justify a 'popular' comeback.
Could not hold back... more adequately depicts the situation. When you look beyond the personalities, what is really going on is the Labor right faction has kicked up a gear or two for dominance in the Labor landscape after Rudd's charisma won them government in 2007.
I stand corrected if I'm wrong, but aren't all the bad noises and defections atm, Roxon, Burke etc coming from Shortens own right faction? Why? Sour grapes maybe, but none-the-less it highlights betrayed trust in the Snake oil salesman for past loyalty, err votes.
The faceless men from the right are putting in one last gasp to the same determination they did in NSW.
Farrell, and Feeney both from Shortens faceless men, backroom deals club, also union background and dealed into senate before switching to the reps are... one could say rewarded, but why?... they've done nothing, but stick by their little club now headed by Shorten.
Farrell, an old union ally of Shorten, voted out of Senate (effective July 2014) has been given a job by Shorten while he finds a seat or 'persuade' some other senator to stand aside for him.
Isn't Farrell the one who controls the pre-selection directly or indirectly of every MP in South Australia... where it is said that if you want to get on, you get on with Don (Farrell).
Albanese accused union power brokers of not listening to the electorate. He once said they are "gross self-indulgent rubbish" and they "should care more about the party and less about themselves." It's not hard to see why the membership supported Albanese and not Shorten.
I'm not sure when it will happen gg, but I'm thinking this turn of events will rile Rudd like nothing before.
To think that these bastards got there [Rudds thinking] on the back of my multilateral appeal, then started using (Gillard) and then backstabbing her to kill off all their used pawns, to what... try to repeat NSW all over again!
There's more natural and poetic justice to come.
Rudd is probably the only one with enough mongrel in him to serve up the political bastardry necessary to rid Labor of these bigger bastards acting badly sooner, rather than later!
Feel free to entertain yourselves but this thread should be allowed to die.
Rudd won't be back IMO he leave parliament within the year (his time has passed)
Here I was thinking Harvard University was a prestigious American institution. Lost a lot of credibility.
China post for Kevin Rudd at Harvard
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...rudd-at-harvard/story-fn59niix-1226834370142#
KEVIN Rudd has been appointed as a senior fellow at the prestigious Harvard University and will lead a major research study into US-China relations.
The high-level appointment will see the former prime minister spend most of his time overseas, anchored in Boston and travelling regularly to China and Australia, enabling him to spend time with his wife, Therese Rein, and their family.
What were they thinking? Next thing they will make Gillard a Professor!
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