So. Julia's PM, Kevin's out. Stoked! Some people have expressed concern about "the way it happened". Pffft. That's politics, or pretty much any job, I say. If you're not performing, and have lost the support of your peers (and in this case, people giving their views to opinion polls) you're out.
Perhaps people are uncomfortable with the timing of Kev going, given the appearance of instability in the ALP so close to a looming election. Again, pffffft. Should Labor have stuck with someone who was clearly becoming a political liability, therefore giving up any electoral lead it might/may still have? I don't think so. And yes, I'm concerned the voting public won't accept a female PM, and one given little time to prove herself (or otherwise) before the election, but I'd rather it this way than stumbling through to the election with Rudd being accused of arrogance, failure to listen, surrounding himself with yes-men, etc.
And that's pretty much all I have to say about that.
Comments on the blog's new look? I like the colour scheme much more than the previous one. Otherwise, not much going on in my life. Trying to get back into journalism and scaring crap out of myself in the process, plus fighting writer's block. Off to a friend's wedding next weekend. It's going to be formal so I'm dragging out an old dress. That's scary in itself! And never let it be said this blog focuses only on the big or small picture: here we've got the nation and the individual mentioned... in one post no less.
