Sorry, Anti, but I just watched the interview - and what I saw was a puerile, boyish-sounding shock jock getting his jollies from passing on to the PM online gossip.

She handled him well, I thought.

(I would have sent him to his room)

My opinion is that we shouldn't beat up this crap up into something that has any particular veracity or a serious bearing on Australian federal political machinations.

It was trite gossip-mongering unleashed as a ratings-grabber - nothing more, nothing less.

I'm with you, Poirot.

Move on, people, nothing to see here.

Now let's get back to the issues.

Joe

Julia Gillard has referred to Christopher Pyne, Manager of Opposition Business in the House as a 'mincing poodle'. What sort of a slur is that?

The Left and Labor regularly offered similar slurs against Billie McMahon. Especially because he had an attractive wife (Sonia) it appears. Sonia McMahon copped heaps of criticism, all all aimed at bringing her down for her good looks and charm, an example being the vicious sledging for wearing a 'revealing' dress.

Julia Gillard's master of spin is copying tactics from the US that are inappropriate here. That and the usual 'Big Lie' technique. Where the character of political candidates is made the focus of electioneering, of course it will rebound on all parties and the Greens are far from guiltless in it too.

Some say that Gillard has to be desperate to protect herself from critics form within Labor as well as from outside, to play the gender card. I disagree, it is from riding the gender bandwagon that she and some of her careerist ministers got where they are today. They are just doing as they always have done. But it is not working very well anymore. It is just that playing the gender card has been so overdone for countless years that everyone can predict it in advance, 'Yeah, here comes the gender card yet again and always, yawn.'.

Loudmouth: I'm with you, Poirot. Move on, people, nothing to see here. Now let's get back to the issues.

Yes I'm with you too Poirot. Also having seen the video now. I think he was pushing the boundaries for his own ratings. Don't know about being sacked though. Maybe a good clip under the ear & told to behave himself or something a bit stronger about half way down.

Yes Sattler saved the ones that lied about Mal Brough and the so called Liberal menu. The Restaurant owner was a mate of Ludwig. What irony. Gillard and the sisterhood with egg all over their face. Sattler should apologise but no more than Gillard should to Brough. Fat chance.

Richards is a mate of Bill Ludwig's ? Wow, that changes the game.

So let's see - Brough didn't see that menu, he and Hockey were oblivious about it, but Ludwig's mate put it together.

With friends like those .......