Pommy Dan

Australia's no. 1 participation sport.....

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...15-661,00.html

ROFL at the comments - me thinks they do protest too much....

Bless 'em and their inferiority complex....

Notts_bloke

Love the fact that the article says "The British press has a reputation for being cruelly acerbic when the mood takes it. "

But opens with the comment "KEVIN Rudd is rivalling Bob Hawke as Australia's most popular PM ever, but it hasn't stopped the Poms greeting him with a wave of ridicule."

Notts_bloke

Sorry can't help myself now

"Mr Rudd arrived in the British capital yesterday amid massive G20 protests.

At least 35,000 people braved stormy weather to march through the heart of London calling for world leaders to give people jobs, justice and a commitment to fighting climate change. "

Wow 35,000 people!!!! In a city of 12 million! Massive indeed.

bcworld

I thought this article was utterly ridiculous too:

"Ignoring the success of his visit to the US and talks with President Barack Obama"

Hello! Everytime the guy gets on a plane the Aussie press are up em for galavanting abroad AGAIN and neglecting domestic matters, doesn't matter why he's doing it!

Then:

One newspaper described Mr Rudd's style as being "a charisma-free zone"

How very dare they! I'm sure no Aussie paper has ever had a go at someone's sense of style....oh did I hear someone say Therese Rein aka 'Mrs Rudd'!

Nasty poms....blah blah blah.....

bridie

hsa to be my favourite comment:

John of Bairnsdale: You're right! Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the British ever done for us?

Notts_bloke

Did you know Captain Cook was in fact British??

crystal23

Quite like Didge's well considered articulate response

"well done kevie he is not a clone of class society so let the poms think they are right and the joke will always smacke'm in the face when they least expect it, and doesn't that happen all the time . They are a bunch of !@#!^*%$ muppets"

the troubadour

Figure given in a lot of journals was indeed 35,000 taken from police estimates which traditionally is under quoated .Have heard the figure to be more like 50,000 which is still low giving the population as you say.
Perhaps others are keeping their powder dry until April 1 and 2nd in what is being forecast as a couple of volitile days in the City.

Notts_bloke

Ah, the old "there is no class system in Australia" hypothesis.

Notts_bloke

This is a proper protest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2765041.stm

the troubadour

In the frame of things especially among the big hitters in the world that dictate global ecconomic stratagies of course Australia is in the second tier,still a relevant position to be in for a middle power,i would have thought.

jayr

I love this Herald Sun quote:

But the spell was broken when, under the heading "distinguishing features", she said: "Cool exterior belies inner chaos. May wear RM Williams boots."

Givent there is a link in the article to anither Herlad Sun story criticsing Therese RUdd for wearing a "pirate shirt":

Many Herald Sun readers said her white blouse was a fashion shocker reminiscent of a pirate shirt worn by comedian Jerry Seinfeld in an episode of his hit TV series.

the troubadour

Absolutely, what a turn out and so good to see so many getting involved.

the troubadour

Another Oz urban myth shattered.

Amazulu

There is a class system in Australia but it is nowhere near as bad as it is in the UK.