The brief wondrous term of Kevin Rudd
Jun. 24th, 2010 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyAustralia has a new Prime Minister, only this time... it's a woman. Gosh. It's like living in the future. I'm not one to say 'yay, she's a woman' just because she's a woman (because, eg, Margaret Thatcher), but 'yay, Julia Gillard seems to know what she's doing and I would vote for her *and* she's a woman' just about covers it.
I just hope that her cloak of Prime Ministership gives her protection from the most senior woman on the other side of politics, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop. I wouldn't vote for Bishop in a pink fit, but credit where it is due: she has an awesome death stare:
Anyway, this has all come as a bit of a surprise. Prime Ministers don't normally get taken down by their own parties, and leadership contests are always preceded by weeks of speculation, but this happened over the last twenty-four hours. The Prime Ministerial band-aid was ripped off Kevin Rudd quickly, if not painlessly. I like Julia, but I'm also sorry to see Kevin go. He cried as he was leaving and apologised for 'blubbering'. His term got off to such a good start with his official apology to the Stolen Generations (Aboriginal people who were taken from their parents by the state), but then he got lost. It just goes to show: you can't lead a country if your name is Kevin.
I just hope that her cloak of Prime Ministership gives her protection from the most senior woman on the other side of politics, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop. I wouldn't vote for Bishop in a pink fit, but credit where it is due: she has an awesome death stare:
Anyway, this has all come as a bit of a surprise. Prime Ministers don't normally get taken down by their own parties, and leadership contests are always preceded by weeks of speculation, but this happened over the last twenty-four hours. The Prime Ministerial band-aid was ripped off Kevin Rudd quickly, if not painlessly. I like Julia, but I'm also sorry to see Kevin go. He cried as he was leaving and apologised for 'blubbering'. His term got off to such a good start with his official apology to the Stolen Generations (Aboriginal people who were taken from their parents by the state), but then he got lost. It just goes to show: you can't lead a country if your name is Kevin.