Well Done Conservatives

[Aloysius]

Yeppers,  thanx Aloy. The respect is mutual

 

BTW, Nothing wrong with my "independence".. and I mean that in the nicest possible way

 

 

Kevin Rudd's UN bid had more support than the government claimed

Federal cabinet was marginally in favour of nominating Kevin Rudd as a candidate for United Nations Secretary-General until Malcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce had their say and overruled it, sources have revealed.


As the ramifications of the Rudd rejection continue to reverberate within government, it is also understood that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who was pushing the Rudd bid, was never made aware that Mr Turnbull had phoned Mr Rudd in May and told him to drop his bid because it would not be supported.


On Friday last week, Mr Turnbull announced the government would not be nominating the former Labor prime minister as a candidate to replace Ban Ki-moon on the basis he was unsuited for the role. The decision followed a protracted and heated cabinet discussion on Thursday after which the impression was created that a majority were against Mr Rudd.


But insiders have told The Australian Financial Review that by the end of the meeting when everybody had had their say, one more minister had spoken for Mr Rudd than had spoken against. Mr Turnbull and Mr Joyce, the Nationals leader, then had a meeting and decided to veto the proposal and crush Mr Rudd's international aspirations.


Read more: http://www.afr.com/news/politics/kevin-r...z4HNdSh0wh

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So that's more than half the cabinet supporting the nomination. And we know Labor supported it. That's more than half the parliament.

 

Err, Chinese?

 

 

Jolly link is unavailable to me!

 

However one points out that this is an "opinion" peice by a Journo.

 

I thought we both were somewhat leery of citing media folks opinions?

 

 

I mean I think Julia Gillard, et al - have a stronger position to comment on Mr Rudds personality and leadership than some media jock.