Yes, it is my understanding Thomson was a Rudd supporter.
I didn't take much notice when this little snippet of news came across my screen, but was Thomson one of the 31 Rudd votes in the February leadership vote?
That surely had to be a shot across the bow of the "good ship Gillard"?
No one in the Labor Caucus would have believed Rudd would have even been close but if Thomson were saying to Gillard: "You fail to pre-select me for Dobell and I'm outta here", then he would do it by being one of the 31 votes?
Sportsbet has Rudd and Shorten both on $4 for PM.
Bob is not on the list yet.
joea
Rudd's odds will SHORTEN, Shorten has no RUDDer and CARR will just BOB up and down
Quiet possible.Maybe he was in shock.
Quiet possible.
It's also possible that Bill Shorten is so unhappy with Julia Gillard's handling of the Speaker issue that he lashed out.
Watching the interview again, he didn't look very happy.
The PM with her supporters on the Slipper issue this week… Picture: Sam Mooy
Yes, he was clearly very stressed and uncomfortable.It's also possible that Bill Shorten is so unhappy with Julia Gillard's handling of the Speaker issue that he lashed out.
Watching the interview again, he didn't look very happy.
I'm not so sure about that. Interviews I've heard with Windsor and Oakeshott in the last couple of days have indicated they are pretty disgusted over the Slipper issue.Julia Gillard lost her last political life long ago.
She's now the standing dead propped up by her own party and the Labor alligned independents. They are all wedged firmly between a rock and a hard place.
I can't see Oakshott/Windsor/Wilkie handing the Coalition government, so it will be the prop from within her own party that finally lets her rotting political corpse fall in a futile attempt to purge the government of its stench.
I can't see Oakshott/Windsor/Wilkie handing the Coalition government, so it will be the prop from within her own party that finally lets her rotting political corpse fall in a futile attempt to purge the government of its stench.
Embattled Thomson leaves Labor party
Embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson has announced he will leave the party and sit on the crossbenches as an independent.
So Thomson will sit on the crossbenches as an Independent. He has now found his correct niche among the misfits, turncoats and opportunists all serving their last term. They will soon be joined by Slipper.
There is little doubt this sleazy crew will keep the Gillard government in power. She has confidence in them all.
Yes. But she is apparently still believing she can convince the electorate otherwise.Why now? Is it so transparent that everything she does, she does to save her skin?
Yes. But she is apparently still believing she can convince the electorate otherwise.
If they replace her with Stephen Smith as has been suggested, they're going to look awfully silly if there's no lift in the polls.
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