Originally Posted by Hebe (Post 10774214)

Horrible man and a mouth like a sewer - friend over heard him use the c word at a function!!

Originally Posted by The Bloke (Post 10774147)

I think that is what Gillard, Swan, Garrett and a few others are saying at the moment.
I notice that they have all taken their bats and balls and gone home to spit the dummy and quit politics........

Originally Posted by Hebe (Post 10774214)

Horrible man and a mouth like a sewer - friend over heard him use the c word at a function!!

Originally Posted by old.sparkles (Post 10774167)

I cant get anything sensible out of google translate - it things the Chinese bit says 'free English translation'

Originally Posted by stevenglish1 (Post 10774208)

When I say to my parliamentary colleagues and to the people at large across Australia that I would not challenge for the Labor leadership – I believe in honouring my word. Others treat such commitments lightly. I do not. I’ve been very plain about that for a long period of time.

– Kevin Rudd on the day of the Claytons challenge, 21 March 2013

A bare faced liar, or a bare faced liar, quite a choice

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 10775007)

:) Completely disagree!
He deliberately did not stand in March so that people would not think he was a <snip>. He did the right thing.

As far as I am concerned, the fact his party did in fact want him, and looked to him to save the election, meant, he was, moreorless, 'drafted' by popular demand. He did not want to be seen to suddenly contest, or threaten for the leadership - he wanted to come back by demand. The mechanism by which this might happen was always going to be a hard one. If I am not mistaken, Gillard called for a spill in the Caucas meeting knowing she did not have the credibility and that he did.

Originally Posted by stevenglish1 (Post 10774208)

When I say to my parliamentary colleagues and to the people at large across Australia that I would not challenge for the Labor leadership – I believe in honouring my word. Others treat such commitments lightly. I do not. I’ve been very plain about that for a long period of time.

– Kevin Rudd on the day of the Claytons challenge, 21 March 2013


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5pzSvSCUZo




A bare faced liar, or a bare faced liar, quite a choice

Originally Posted by stevenglish1 (Post 10775106)

Didn't work, he's still a c@@t, they were his words not mine, and he clearly does take lightly what he insisted he didn't. Only reason he didn't contest in March was because he stood a chance of losing, nothing to do with political morals (aint that one of them oxymoron things?) or not wanting to look a twat. He's as bad as her, this country deserves far better than the lying, incompetent idiots on offer.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 10775111)

Agree - but I think we might get some debate before the election.
Rudd is going well in the house as I speak(!)

Originally Posted by stevenglish1 (Post 10774208)

When I say to my parliamentary colleagues and to the people at large across Australia that I would not challenge for the Labor leadership – I believe in honouring my word. Others treat such commitments lightly. I do not. I’ve been very plain about that for a long period of time.

– Kevin Rudd on the day of the Claytons challenge, 21 March 2013


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5pzSvSCUZo


Officially he didn't. He responded.

A bare faced liar, or a bare faced liar, quite a choice

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 10775111)

Agree - but I think we might get some debate before the election.
Rudd is going well in the house as I speak(!)

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 10775007)

:) Completely disagree!
He deliberately did not stand in March so that people would not think he was a See You Next Tuesday. He did the right thing.

As far as I am concerned, the fact his party did in fact want him, and looked to him to save the election, meant, he was, moreorless, 'drafted' by popular demand. He did not want to be seen to suddenly contest, or threaten for the leadership - he wanted to come back by demand. The mechanism by which this might happen was always going to be a hard one. If I am not mistaken, Gillard called for a spill in the Caucas meeting knowing she did not have the credibility and that he did.

Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 10775146)

Finally. It won't please Abbott to have to reveal some policy now. Unlikely to be the white wash the Conservatives were hoping on.
Good for politics and good for Australia.

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10775158)

You are assuming he will.

I think abbott's been told in no uncertain terms "keep your mouth shut if you want to be oberfuhrer". Things will remain as sh*t slinging unless someone can force him to admit to what he's got planned - and who can do that?

Hell, the "NBN-lite" and "Northern special economic zone" announcements hardly covered the libs in glory - and that's what they thought were their best bits.