Dec 02, 2010
Former Labor leader Mark Latham, regarded by some commentators as having nearly cost Julia Gillard the last election, now appears set on costing her the next.

In a column on the Financial Review, Mr Latham says some time in this parliamentary term, Labor factional bosses will need to deal with the reality that Julia Gillard is a dud leader who can't win.

He said the trick would be for Labor to change leaders without triggering a change of government.

As it now stands, her leadership is protected by the agreement with the independents who could legitimately say a change of leader would mean their agreement to back Labor in parliament no longer applied.

Mr Latham said Labor's NSW right was restive with heavyweight Graham Richardson arguing that under Ms Gillard, policy paralysis was developing.

He said Mr Richardson was already exploiting the proven destabilisation technique of criticising her staff while NSW right leader Mark Arbib, who played a key role in dumping Kevin Rudd, was not a happy camper.

"The Arbib/Richardson tactic will be to grind down Gillard, seeping poison into the press, a slow burning strategy of attrition," he said.

Mr Latham said the NSW right candidate was Immigration Minister Chris Bowen who should be prime minister by the end of 2012, provided he could build a relationship with the independent MPs.

Mr Latham was opposition leader from December 2003 to January 2005. His intervention in the election campaign was regarded as a distraction which cost Labor valuable momentum.

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I would think blind freddy could see that.. rudd will have the last laugh thats for sure.

It is good form to post a link to other peoples comments Cods......you would not like people to think this you wrote this rubbish would you???

Lathams opinion is pure poison and has no basis in reality.....Latham has proven he is an ignorant pig to most people.....I am suprised you hold his opinion so highly Cods???

And after all your good work putting hicks in his place, cods, for which you deservedly garnered much praise for your style, you post an "Extremist Rant".

philperth2010 wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2010 at 7:34am:




ho hum phil you are the only one that complains.. you know full well I have no idea how to do all this c&p.I can bring something forward but thats all. sorry if you dont like Lathams comments.hes a silly old bugger I agree

as for Latham and holding his opinion highly!! remember I dont PAY him..

and this was on the news channel on here and just about everyone prints up something on Howard or Abbott I think you will find another thread on the same topic.. Lathams comments..

be fair phil.. I do my best I can switch this on and off and thats about tops..I cant even highlight...and you know what they say about teaching old puppies new tricks??????.

btw Michael Costa is also giving the Labs a canning.. all saying shes gotta go.

its funny though they only say it after they have left the game.. when they are sitting next to them.. they have all this lurrrv

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2010 at 11:22am:




I have to buy that one...ha.ha.

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LOL, Hong Kong, about the size of Penrith, LOL.
Was that you that wrote that retard comment sprint?
Wireless would be great, but what about the bush? we cant even get mobile reception at my place and its only 23 KMs from the largest city on the NSW north coast.
How do the Libs intend to give high speed broadband to the bush? wireless, LOL.

ps as for mobil reception sometimes its the same in Canberra..lol,you kind of take it in your stride.

codswal wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2010 at 11:58am:

23KMs from a major city is NOT the bush.
We deserve the same services as people in major cities, the city closest to me, 23 KMs away, houses Telstra's major call centre in Australia, many businesses are no longer tied to the CBD of Sydney, its called progress, something if left up to the likes of you, would not have moved past a horse and cart.