In true Alan Ramsey fashion - in his weekly column in the SMH - he takes no prisoners in describing John Howard's past week. It's not looking too good for the PM. And neither it should. Things are badly wrong in Australia and the last 11 years of conservative government haven't really seen an overall positive improvement for the country. Everything has been ad hoc and with an eye to the an upcoming election. Infrastructure, sound spending on health and education have been sadly lacking. The economy has been distorted to achieve political gain. One thing has certainly come to pass. The rich have become richer whilst the battlers are battling even more on many levels.
"John Howard's week, from gross to goose. The polls, the polls, those accursed polls. Another arrives in the Herald on Monday. Ohhh, Janette. Bar the gates and lock up Kirribilli. And did you see the front page of Thursday's Daily Telegraph? "Howard's powerbase starts to crumble", it read. And in big, black type: "SYDNEY WALKS AWAY FROM PM". Underneath, a pic of a hangdog Howard trudging alone, head down, on his morning walk. The ungrateful wretches.
After 11 years the iceberg looms.
So do the opinion polls, just as menacingly."
"John Howard's week, from gross to goose. The polls, the polls, those accursed polls. Another arrives in the Herald on Monday. Ohhh, Janette. Bar the gates and lock up Kirribilli. And did you see the front page of Thursday's Daily Telegraph? "Howard's powerbase starts to crumble", it read. And in big, black type: "SYDNEY WALKS AWAY FROM PM". Underneath, a pic of a hangdog Howard trudging alone, head down, on his morning walk. The ungrateful wretches.
After 11 years the iceberg looms.
So do the opinion polls, just as menacingly."
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