It was never my intention to promote Kevin.
See how ever 60% say they want him.
Be it known I want Bill Shorten.
But over use of the product of the southern end of a north bound Bull changes nothing.
We ALP voters say Turnbull is now the best conservatives have, that his exile improved him.
Yet we do not think that of Rudd?
He still is the man voters want.
Now know, I till I die, love my union the AWU, a servant of it from 1963, my departure , standing against work place Bullying, ignorance of my members needs, in taking the Australian dream, telling the Bully My last boss, what I thought of him, my life membership went.
I put three men high on a pedestal Bill Ludwig, Bill Shorten and Paul Howe's.
NONE better to be seen with.
But today Paul said he bets his house on Gillard leading us to the next election.
GEE I TRULY HOPE NOT!
she SOON, Will GO HEAD ON WITH THE GREENS, why have you waited.
She will make Abbott look, well like Abbott on climate change.
But us, the foot soldiers have had a gutful of the fattening the pig on market day insults to our ability to think.
NO MORE NSW go Julia please go now, rich poor unemployed or working we have only one vote and working Australia is sick of her.

SM, it is hard to take you seriously when you continue to use the preschool tactic of insulting a person by playing with her name. It's not even a very clever or imaginative insult, is it?

Just thought I'd share.

I think KRudd should return to lead the Labor Party

He is a familiar face and his punctilious attention to attaining increased levels of incompetence is certain of leading labor even deeper into the wilderness than Julia has managed to push them in the last year.

Of course, if labor were really "serious" about getting de-elected, thay would decide to follow a Buster Latham leader again.

Labor - the natural party of opposition

Perhaps old Latham would be a good idea. According to individual's post from earlier on in this thread, Kevin Rudd's biggest problem is that he is an academic. How much further from 'academic' can you get than Mark Latham?

Dear Belly,

Labor at the moment is a minority government and has no choice but to
respect and listen to the people that have placed them in power, that is the Greens and the Independents.
Sometimes despite the best of intentions compromises have to be made in the interest of getting
legislation passed, particularly when the Opposition is led by an
individual whose only interest is self-promotion and who'll fight tooth and claw to be PM.
Tony Abbott has no interest in the well-being
of the nation and its people.

As for the former Prime Minister -
his character as an academic is best-suited on the International Scene
where he mixes with a higher-level of world leaders and is highly respected.
I very much doubt whether he would be suited dealing with
the rabble that is in Australian politics at present.
Gone are the days of the higher-principles that were experienced in the pre-Howard era.

Shadow and Col lack the understanding and the ability to insult with force.
We will continue to see a kiddy like flow of attempted put downs but should all forgive them both.
Latham,any informed observer of my party will know, was propped up by Gillard/Crean/Fitzgibbon and the lost trio already have my party's blood and entrails all over them after the election that unmasked him.
Luck or good planning but Labor has ten leaders and 20 Ministers in waiting more than the equal of Abbott's followers, except a couple who follow with knives in their hands.