Only 15 days to go before us voters get the chance to elect the Government for the next 3 years, yippee! Who will it be? On that day there can naturally only be one winner. As we get closer to poling day the policies and pork barrelling of both parties will become more evident.
If there can be a winner from this week then it has to be the Kruddster. Not only did he tip ‘Efficient’ to win the Melbourne Cup, he also chose the same horse in the office sweep! Drinks and earwax are on you then, Kev?
As for our visually ageing PM, ala Little Johnny, it’s not been a good week. Not only did he fail to choose the winning horse in the Melbourne Cup, he also had to contend with an unprecedented interest rate rise during an election campaign. From official statistics this is the 10th consecutive interest rate rise and the 6th in the past three years. In fact, Reserve Bank statistics show that rates were lower for the latter part of the Keating years than they are now!
To try to claw back some of the sympathy vote our PM apologised ‘sort of’ for the rate rise on Wednesday. Now, apologies are rarer from the PM than good food in Economy Class on a plane! However, by yesterday Little Johnny had changed his tact by stating that he was ‘sorry’ for the pain the interest rate rise will cause but not for the rate rise itself!
Confused, we at Keys 07 are! Anyway, whether it is the best message to portray to the electorate or not remains to be seen. One of the main reasons that Little Johnny has trouble with the ‘s’ word is probably because he is a closet Elton John fan. Yes, our PM does have some musical taste (though this could be debatable). Apparently our PM’s fave song is ‘sorry seems to be the hardest word’ by the flamboyant performer.
Next week heralds the official launch of the Election campaign by all parties. Now that is going to be riveting stuff!
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