The Gillard & Rudd thing

Sorry was not able to blog today during the momentous events in Canberra - I was at work, where blogging is not sanctioned!

So we finally have Madame Gillard installed as Prime Minister. Will she be the beacon of fiscally conservative light that the electorate and the markets want? Or is she simply Kevin Rudd in a skirt? I fear the latter. Very much so.

The dim-witted comment of the morning, however, must surely go to Labor Senator Kate Lundy who said on radio, and I'm paraphrasing, that Julia Gillard would be the most effective weapon against a coalition who wanted to bring back WorkChoices.

Um, Kate, dearie, are you so out of touch with the sentiment of the community, and did you pay no attention to last weekend's Penrith by-election, whereby at the three booths where ALP workers wore Your Rights at Work t-shirts, the swing against Labor topped 30 percent? Oh yes, WorkChoices will give you great traction, no doubt about it. In fact, keep talking about it, because I would love to see a federal swing against Labor of thrity percent. Absolutely.

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