On October 14, 2010, In Politics & economy, by Peter Fletcher
It’s one thing for Julia Gillard to channel Kath Day-Knight, the mum of that foxy moron from Fountain Lakes, it’s another to do so with the verbosity of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Gillard, like Ahmadinejad, has a penchant for pleonasm. For example, in response to Jeff Kennett’s claim that he was shot at twice, Gillard states: “What I [...]
On June 24, 2010, In Politics & economy, by Peter Fletcher
The party’s over for Kevin Rudd. He’s no longer Prime Minister. In his place is Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister. So just what went wrong for Rudd? Why did his popularity and support implode in such spectacular style? Largely it was a matter of untrammeled hubris. In a sense he was a victim of his [...]
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