Who's Gonna Wear The Bride's Nightie Next?

In late this morning and spent the trip in reading a book I have borrowed (Break No Bones, by Kathy Reichs) and didn’t even fire up the laptop, so a quick post from my desk at work…

I notice with great interest that yesterday Johnny Howard said “I will contest the next election”… remember this phrase.  Read it closely.

It means he and the Liberal Party believe he will beat Beazley and Labor at the next election.  I kind of agree with him that a Costello lead Liberal Party would falter at the election, but Howard gives the swinging voter something of a security blanket – better the devil you know etc etc.

What goes unsaid in this phrase is as soon as the Liberals win the next election, Howard will be off like a bride’s nightie and will throw the leadership of this country open to an internal debate that will see factional voting determine the next PM of Australia.

So whilst you may feel that you’re voting for Howard on the basis of his record (which I dispute, but lets just say you like it), then you will be actually voting for a Costello or a Malcolm Turnbull or heaven forbid an Alexander Downer.

Think carefully Australia and watch closely as the election machine gears up silently to throw a lot of furphy issues out there when the reality is the country is not travelling as well as Howard & Costello make you believe.