Seat warmer

We all (at least, those of us on teh Left) are going to miss Brendan, but kudos to him for recognising where he stands and deciding it’s not a role worth playing:
One thing I’ll never be is some sort of seat warmer.
For Tip, on the other hand, it seems to be the only role he [...]

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45-41

That should put an end to the destabilisation, eh?
ELSEWHERE: If you can’t find other blog posts on this yourself, you’re probably beyond help. Okay, here’s a hint: Pick any of the non-crap links from my blogroll and you ought to find something.

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HULK SPILL!

Brendan’s not taking any of your shit any more, right?
Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has called a leadership vote for tomorrow morning.
Late this afternoon he called his Liberal colleagues to an unscheduled meeting.
It is understood Dr Nelson is trying to settle the leadership by calling on a vote.

I suspect he’s actually aiming to demonstrate that [...]

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I am Brendan

… hear me roar!
NB: When you have to use the media to take a swipe at your colleagues because they are using the media to take swipes at you, your capacity for leadership is pretty much non-existent.

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Brendan was here

He did say he would look into it:

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Groupthinked

Planet Janet is in complete agreement with me:
As those of us in NSW are left to wonder about the future of this state, the Federal Opposition leader popped up on Sunday with a suggestion. Appearing on ABC’s Insiders Brendan Nelson suggested that given the calamitous state of NSW under Labor, we might need to look [...]

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Fixed terms and early elections

Brendan is looking into an early election in New South Wales. Apart from the obvious barriers that might keep him from bringing this about (e.g., the fact that he isn’t a member of the NSW parliament, and that his party is in Opposition in that state), there are some extra issues.
Following a successful referendum in [...]

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Echo chamber

Christian Kerr.
One of these days he might have to write a different column. I guess he can pen one about how blogs are the “echo chamber where assertions are endlessly repeated.”

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Songs for a Sunday

Two songs today, to celebrate the shining political moments of the past week.
One for Barack:

and one for Fred Brendan:

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Mixed metaphor WTF?ness

Brendan:
Dr Nelson says Australians realise they are worse off financially since Kevin Rudd came to power and he described the Government as “hostage to fortune with no hand on the tiller”.
Also, I didn’t catch all of it but his welcome home speech to the Olympians this morning seemed equally incomprehensible. Is it possible he has [...]

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