Labor Party Update
Is this man going to be the new alternative Australian Prime-Minister?
Of little interest to many I am sure, but after much speculation, Federal opposition leader Kim Beazley has announced a leadership ballot for Monday, after Member for Griffith and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Kevin Rudd, asked him to.
From news.com.au
"Kevin Rudd approached me this morning and said that he indicated that he wanted a ballot in regard to my position," Mr Beazley said after a meeting of Labor's national executive in Canberra.
"I informed Mr Rudd of what my intentions were."
"I will contest it."
"I have the experience to be the alternative prime minister of this nation and therefore to be the prime minister of this nation."
"I have done the hard yards in politics."
This isn't really a surprise, I have said for months, maybe even a year that Kevin Rudd will be the Australian Labor Party's next Prime Minister, I just didn't expect a challenge to come this soon. The election isn't for another 12 months yet...
One of the funnier quotes in the story on news.com.au comes from an anonymous supporter who said it was time for Kevin Rudd to "put up or shut up" which is only funny because, until today, Kevin Rudd hadn't said a thing, he even missed hisFriday friday morning battle with Joe Hockey on Sunrise this morning.
Whether Rudd carries off with the leadership spot, I can't predict, interestingly enough though, Beazely has put his entire front bench up for nomination, meaning that the oppositions front bench, may or may not be seriously altered from Monday...
Either way I stand by my original prediction, Kevin Rudd will be the next Labor Prime Minister of Australia...
posted by Mark @ 5:22 PM
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