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+1.   Had he done this he would have been able to hold himself up as a conviction politician.  Instead he displayed his lack of genuine fundamental principle.

Andrew Wilkie's pokies reform.  That proposed legislation was purely driven by Mr Wilkie as a demand to Gillard for his support.  He was supported by Nick Xenophon, another Independent in the Senate.

And you might as well put the Greens in the same category as the Independents, given their very small proportion of the vote but completely disproportionate influence.

There absolutely would not have been a carbon tax had it not been for the demand of the Greens.

The present government has shown itself to be entirely without principles and able to be bought by whomever will promise to help it maintain its tenuous hold on power.

The same goes in a personal sense for Julia Gillard who is presently reaping the results of her own treachery.

A choice between Gillard and Rudd is a choice from hell.  They are both shallow, self serving and entirely without concern for what is best for Australia and her citizens.