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

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

Even still, here, a real candidate cannot win against an incumbent. The rules are such that those things are an impossibility, at least in the House, where districts can be designed. The Senate actually allows for some incumbents to lose in disgrace, possibly to dead people (this happened in 2000, but we couldn't get rid of the asshole they kicked out, as he was having buttsecks with W).