Moar pollitiks.

[active_apathy]

So, Brendan Nelson, Liberal MP for Bradfield¹ has been elected as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, with 45 votes. His rival, Malcolm Turnbull, polled 42 votes, after Tony Abbott decided that he didn't want his party to be stuck in opposition forever and, therefore, shouldn't run.

Brendan Nelson, charitably described as a malodorous agglomeration of flobberworm entrails² (and an intelligent design enthusiast³) won in a poll that sources are describing as "a choice of two evils", though expert commentators have said it may take some time yet to determine whether the elected evil is the greater or the lesser.

Probably the greater - Turnbull merely flings children out of swivel-pods and steals from the public purse, whereas Nelson has been sighted with Rumsfeld.


Coming soon: a post on Kevin's chosen cabinet, in which we see if the Liberals can even manage to keep their (non-core) promise about trade union officials.

1. Dear sane Bradfield voters,
   
   we don't blame you. You tried.
   
   Yours democratically,
   active_apathy
   
   
2. By me, at the very least, though I'm sure there's less-charitable descriptions.
3. See?
   

Comments

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I was hoping Tony Abbott would win, because he's unelectable. Still, a Nelson-Turnbull team in Opposition won't be winning anything back any time soon. Also, it seems that I was under a misapprehension that you had to be a human to be elected - zombie!Ruddock should have persuaded me otherwise.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Yes. Oh, yes. With his 'reasonably good' people skills, and his being Tony Abbott. It'd be the best Liberal Party ever, and they could fade into Democrats-style non-existence.

And it's Nelson-Bishop. Nelson-dash-Bishop. Slashes are FORBIDDEN for the Liberal Party leadership.