Australia dodged a bullet

For the past week or so, Tim Blair has been blogging about the recently published diaries of former Aussie opposition leader Mark Latham, and the revelations are absolutely astonishing to read. This guy made Richard Nixon look level-headed. I would have supported John Howard anyway, but now even Latham's former supporters are conceding that the man was unfit to run a country.

The news in New Zealand is not so good: the left-wing government of Helen Clark has appearently been re-elected by the skin of its teeth (with 1% of the vote, and one seat, more than the conservative opposition). But absentee ballots have yet to be counted, and "Wind Rider" says they could change the results completely. Here's hoping.

Posted by damian at September 17, 2005 07:42 PM | TrackBack