Peter Costello's time has come and gone. Captain Smirk should have taken the leadership 2 or 3 years ago. I can't see global economic conditions allowing the current government, whatever their stripe, to win the next election. Why do the power brokers hate Malcolm Turnbull - tall poppy syndrome? It's a pity we elect self-serving politicians rather than the most able individual.

I find myself increasingly uninterested
in Australian politics
because it is just 2 slightly different shades of blue

given that basically
right-wing politics promotes elitism
and the confirmation of a system
with strong boundaries between socio-economic classes
whereas left-wing politics promotes egalitarianism
and the removal of boundaries between socio-economic classes

Rudd's huge acceleration
in widening the gap between rich and poor
(big wage increase for fat cats
while giving pensioners no increase at all)
shows that we have truly degenerated
to the American System of Democracy
where people have a completely free and open choice
between 2 right-wing quasi-christian parties

In Animal Farm imagery we are into
the pigs getting drunk with the farmers' phase

Somebody mention animals?

Arjay
For what is it worth my money is on your comments. I think the people
will soon wake up to Rudd and many already have who voted for him.
As for PC I think that ALP fear he will take to job.
Regardless I agree its a hard call to win the next elections but certainly not impossible.
I am quite sure that Kevin Rudd will have a lot to do with assisting them.
People within his own party are already complaining hes no fun to work with.

Things are going to get much worse and single pensioners have been totally ignored by Rudd amoung many others.

Quite simply hes not going to get away with that and the others will romp it in with promises of a fairer go.

I dont with Yabbs that most people vote for what personally effects them rather than a broader interest in the country.

However I dont agree with him about pC.

Foxy thanks for that link.

Both our political parties are terrible so it makes little difference who leads the party. If you care about this you are a populist who des not care about far more serious issues. Electing either party next time will not change what needs to be changed.

The problem is Costello and the Liberal part are way to consertive, Here in Australia you generally have three types of politcal parties, Left Wing parties like the Greens then Center Parties like Labor then Right Wing parties like Family First - now the Liberals under John Howard have slipped from being a Centered party to a Right Wing party - If the Liberals want to get back into power they need to become more centered.