Saturday, 25 February 2012

GillRudd, blasting back from the past


The rivalry between Kevin Rudd (former Prime Minister) and Julia Gillard (current 
Prime Minister) has burst the seams if civility and evoked another Leadership spill.

Not so long ago it was Rudd defending his job, and now vice versa.

I remember the moment that Rudd was booted out by sheer numbers voting against his leadership of a party that had claimed government after being in opposition for 11 years.

Will the spill on Monday be as memorable, will it stop the nation and heck, silence twitter?

Probably not, but the result however will be intriguing for many reasons.

If Gillard loses, it will be labelled karma by her haters, and that she had it coming. It will also illustrate an instability in the government and the only untrustworthy thing in this party is no longer Gillard but rather the party’s system of being unable to stick with the leader.

While musical chairs is fun for 4,5 and 6 year olds, it is exhaustive and disenchanting when it comes to swapping in the cabinet or for the role of Prime Minister.

If Rudd loses then there will be some disappointment, but the real impact will worm itself out from the statistics;  if he loses largely then the chance of him coming back are nondescript, but if he loses within a small firing range then a chance still lies for Rudd if Gillard loses the upcoming election for which the party, presumably would then really implode.

Thoughts? 

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