Rudd flip-flopping on CP

By: Julius Timmerman (Registered ) on 16-10-2007 23:45

I wrote to Kevin Rudd on capital punishment for an explanation and the speedy reply was that Labor is opposed outright to capital punishment anywhere for anybody. McLelland was right and clearly should become a Minister. It is a pity Mr Rudd does flip-flop around occasionally for short-term political expediency, when mostly he's been pretty fair dinkum. Now that he's in the home straight, he's looking over his shoulder too much. And yes, Mark Latham still casts a shadow - the Tassie pulp mill and the NT intervention are classic examples - both are or will be disasters, but Labor has unfortunately not taken a strong principled stand. Let's hope that changes. It's a pity those events happened so close to the election where there's so much at stake.

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