Juliar is more than just an insulting tag. It defines her, and the lack of trust that Australia has in her. It reminds us of when she looked us in the eye and promised "there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead."

When anyone says Juliar, everyone instantly knows who you mean and why.

By compromising with the greens she chose power over her compact with the people, and the people don't forget.

SM,

This from a man who supports a party whose leader has announced on
television that you can't believe a word he says. And who begged and pleaded for the Greens and the Independents to support him at the last election. He even offered over $1 billion to Independent Wilkie.
They chose Julia Gillard instead. Now to me it sounds a bit like you've got a case of sour grapes. Mr Abbott would have had to compromise had they chosen to support him. They didn't. That's the
only difference in this matter. Get over it.

Lexi, you are a wise woman, and everyone knows that wise women only ever speak the truth :)

The fact remains, that no matter how the polls look now, or the pathetic bleating of Tony to please go to an election now, the fact remains that Julia IS the Prime Minister and Tony is NOT!

One thing is for sure, a lot can happen by the time the next election is due, and that definitely won't happen until 2013.

As long as Tony leads the Labor Party, they won't win the next election (hopefully!).
An ex-priest, wannabe athlete/action man is just too strange!

Two policy u-turns in twenty-four hours - good one Tony!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-19/tony-abbott-emissions-comment/2800910

Suzeonline:"the fact remains that Julia IS the Prime Minister and Tony is NOT!"

And the sky is blue, the grass is green and what was your point again?

Poirot:"good one Tony!"

Sadly, it just gets worse and worse, on both sides. Can anyone suggest how we happen to have arived at a point in our political history when there is simply no credible potential PM on any side of politics, while our economy has been allowed to become something that miners do and the rest of us watch?

We should be basking in the warm glow of reflected prosperity, with not a care in the world, instead we have a situation in which people face losing their homes because they can't afford historically low mortgage rates; retail is at the lowest ebb in 20 years; construction, especially domestic construction is basically non-existent; manufacturing ditto.

While "unemployment" appears to be low, underemployment is endemic, especially among young men and men over 45, while the public bureaucracy is booming. At the same time we're handing 45% of the money taken in by Government out in the form of social security spending (at a time of "full" employment?), with very little targetting on the basis of need and when such targetting is attempted, people on high incomes whinge and bleat because they're "missing out" and the PM says "I can understand how families on $170,000 can be doing it tough".

So no, Poirot, I can't support your "good one". It's a tragedy and it's going to get a lot worse, simply because neither side has anybody of any ability who can get past the mass of mediocrities that infest both sides, not to mention the fairies at the bottom of the garden that Gillard has saddled the ALP with. Gawd 'elp us.

Well actually, Antiseptic, you have no right to make so much sense so early in the morning.... good post.
My "good one" comment was a last minute toss in before I turned the lights out and went to sleep.
I happen to agree with you about the no credible PM situation - how is it possible in a country with 22 million people that it's come down to this?