As David Marr said on Insiders this morning, it’s not that the population has just stopped ‘listening’ to the PM, we’ve been hearing him for over a decade, and we’ve made up our minds. A volte-face (or should that be a ‘volte-farce’?) on Reconciliation is seen for what it is; a desperate attempt to grab the microphone without actually saying anything new.

Don’t get too comfortable in that seat Mr Howard, that one marked Bennelong, it’s going on the truck too, with you still in it or not.

These seats aren’t just “seats” in the normal meaning of the word; they are the very heart of the Liberal party that pumps leadership blood and fund raising capability through the body of the entire organisation.

Without those types of Range Rov…

It’s all about maintaining a serious blog and keeping the sources of info appropriately categorized in terms of gravitas

So the above would be best said as “Two Akermans walked into a bar this morning over at the Terror, did you see them ranting about Rudd’s supposed unfitness to govern….. etc etc”

We wouldnt want to mislead fellow readers by quoting sources without letting them know their underlying reliability

But you’re right – those two Akermans in the bar are becoming like mad uncles one usually tries to hide in the attic.

Tragic – is there a Shady Acres retirement home for unraveled old journos?

Apart from The West Australian that is

…quite ironic, really, given the wholly debunked Shreddergate nonsense has been kept limping along for all these years thanks only to the efforts of a disgruntled old union official – who is now Piers’ best buddy it would seem. Tragic, isn’t it?

Agree with your Catch 22, as Howard tries to regain the liberal vote he alienates more and more, his symblic gestures are seen for just that, symbolic.

Unfortunately for Howard and co he all it looks like is he is desperatley searching for relevant issues to gain votes, not a good approach ofr a government that campaigns on stability.

He would have been better to stick to his core philospophy, all these turnarounds make him and his government look very unstable and disorganised.

More and more he is looking like the Unsworth government and their slogan “listening and learning”.

Much appreciated.

FEDERAL Labor has maintained its lead over the coalition in the polls with the latest survey showing Labor winning 59 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.

The Sun-Herald/Taverner poll, conducted last week of NSW and Victorian voters and published today, also shows Labor leader Kevin Rudd leading Prime Minister John Howard as preferred prime minister by 10 percentage points.

The poll shows 73 per cent of people aged 18 to 29 in NSW and Victoria prefer Kevin Rudd’s Labor Party to Prime Minister John Howard’s Coalition.

It also shows 60 per cent of those surveyed aged 30 to 54 years prefer Labor.

But the coalition just edges Labor with the over 55s, with 51 per cent favouring the Government.

Labor is however favoured by 56 per cent of all women surveyed, and 62 per cent of the men.

Throughout the movie they have some footage of John Howard at the 1997 reconciliation conference, when he rants and raves at Abroginal Australians (after which many stand up and turn their back’s to him). Does anyone really believe this arsehole has anything to offer Indigenous Australians, other than contempt and distane?

John Howard, you make me sick to my stomach – and I hope this time around a majority of Australians feel the same.