... as Foreign Minister. "KEVIN Rudd has resigned as foreign minister following days of intense speculation surrounding the Labor leadership. Mr Rudd called an extraordinary media conference in Washington DC just after 1am local time to declare he could no longer continue in the position without the Prime Minister's support." Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/adv...ek/story-e6frfkw9-1226278130375#ixzz1n5icB5ib Off to the back bench to plan his next move?
He is still in the US isnt he! I'd assume he is there for a reason. Typical, putting himself before his job. I bet we'll have to pay for his accomodation and return airfare from where he's at even though he is no longer there as a foreign minister.
Well that's the best result the ALP could have hoped for, good on ya Kev, finally become a team player.
He quit because he's going to challenge. He has to - he is all the Labor Party has if they want to win the next election.
I do agree with that statement but I don't think he has the numbers. I can't see how he wins the spill.
If he doesn't have the numbers now, he will in the future, once the party realises they won't win the election with Julia.
He sure is. This was all perfectly orchestrated. He released the sweary youtube to get people talking - took off OS and let the sore fester - now he is all "I'm a team player" and will return to the city riding a donkey while the devoted wave palms. That is called "politics" Wouldn't that be a nice touch if he anticipated such comments and came out and said he would pay for his return trip himself out of the goodness of his heart! Kev has gone up in my esteem. So good to see a plan being so well executed.
Never underestimate a frightened back-bencher. ...and Julie Bishop's comment on QA the other night about Kev sounding out Billy Shorten as new Treasurer. Maybe just me - but I don't think Billy was that convincing in denying that. Julia Caesar: Et tu Billy?
Be funny if he quits totally! Bye bye ALP and leftist turds the libs will be back in power very shortly.
The ALP doesn't want to win the next election. Remember how angy the voting public was last time when Rudd was kicked out as they felt, wrongly, that the public is supposed to choose the PM? Yeah, I'm sure they'll just love it the next time around. Ffs, I don't want Labor in power, I just don't want the Libs in power more.
Abbott is a fascist, religious fundie, freedom hating idiot. He's already said that if the present government puts forth a bill to allow R rated games that he will overturn the bill if he wins election. Ffs, the constitution gives the power of censorship to the states. The only reason the federal government has a bill on it was because the states asked them to and then told them what they want in it. If he starts passing bills telling the states what to do they don't legally have to listen.
I can't disagree. That would be genuinely funny Funnier if it was a movie or a sit-com - not real life and we had to live with the consequences But yes...I can't deny - it would certainly be very funny.
Even without Kev quitting - keep an eye out for that Turnbull chappy To misquote my old mate Shakespeare again: Yon Malcolmus has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous
The consequences would be a fundie, (*)(*)(*)(*)**** government. Yeah, that'd be hilarious! Shoot me now.
Sorry. I confess that if I lived in Nazi Germany, I probably would spend a lot of time giggling at the blokes moustache
He is going to do a better job than the troll queen thats for sure. Only leftards are the ones complaining about him...
Those on the left keep saying that 'ol turnbull will come back. Get over it, Tony is the leader of the Libs and no matter how much you leftards want that to change it wont be...
Please show me where Tony Abbott has said "I hate freedom". He hasnt... When the libs take control and reverse the damage being done by the troll queen and commie bob I'm guessing you lot are going to be screaming the place down...
Where has he said he hates freedom? You do understand that he doesn't actually have to voice those exact words? (*)(*)(*)(*), you really don't have a clue about anything, do you?
Going to love seeing you lot of leftards cry when Tony Abbott is PM... First order of business REPEAL the carbon tax fraud...
