Mantra, Bill shorten is intentionally corrupting his own party, snake-biting his own pawns, it's all part of his divine plan to eventually take the crown from Gilllards head.
.... Alas, he has to prise it from her pointy elfin-like head with a pitchfork first.
Wont be easy.
But he'll manage in the long run.. He already has....this and continues covertly undermining a current ALP governments process. The sooner Gillards gone, the sooner Abbotts in, the sooner he climbs into top position.
He is what will give Abbott a good run for his money, debate wise, as he's a good speaker, but he'll need to convince Australia he's a new breed of labor first, (which is utter bullshit) this and be seen as the knight in shining armour...the anti-labor....the truth bearer, hence he's setting about trying to undermine Gillard now, and her Green army.
However, like they say, he who wields the sword may not wear the crown, so he had better wait a while before awarding himself the opposition leadership... as this is when he'll do it, well after Abbott gets in.... say another couple of terms from now..could even be another 11 years.
Presuming he doesn't run as an independent for his own Shorten engineered republic, crowning himself King of Oceania before then.
Jokes aside, he will undermine the Labor party as much as he possibly can until Gillards out on her ass, because the sooner she is gone, the sooner the coalition take office, the sooner he gets to challenge Liberal for the leadership as head of the Labor party. He knows Labor wont win the next election, nor does he want them to really, because he's not ready just yet, so he'll bide his time and move towards blaming Rudd, Gillard and the Greens for a current Labors failings, (re-their having lost their way etc) as he slots into place for the term after next.
Who was right there assisting Gillard make a fool of herself with the world cup bid recently?
His mother-in-law, Quentin Bryce.
Had Mark Arbib and Bill Shorten not goaded Gillard on to bid for the world cup...complete with embarrassing Kangaroo animation and bogan Aussie celebs, would she have done it and fallen flat on her face?
Now he is demanding an enquiry into how much of our country is foreignly owned.... hmm, when he knows the findings will likely result in anxiety, and just in time for the NSW state election next March.
This will be strike 2....then all that's left is QLD!
...well, what's left of it. *smirk*
... What hasn't already been sold off.
Anyway... lets see if what I think will happen, happens.
I might be wrong.
But for what it's worth, I don't think I am.
He wants Abbott to be our next PM, because then he will prepare to challenge Abbott for the throne next term round.
But step one is to get rid of Gillard first.
Labor aren't good with economics, so he'll need a lib government (mop and bucket) to clean up after their last terms first, before he challenges Libs for government the following term after that again....or the term after that if necessary.... basically, when Australia fall out of love with Libs again after having cleaned up after Labor.
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