Post mortem

This is probably one for the weekend. Late last year the Liberal Party was of course smashed by a revitalised (if a little vacuous) Labor and in February this year the ABC's Four Corners show did a fantastic behind the scenes look at the final days of the Howard Government, aptly named Howard's End.

It featured in-depth interviews with all the key players - Costello, Downer, Hockey, Abbott, McLaughlan, Minchin and others. For political junkies this sort of honest assessment (albeit in hindsight) of the fall of one of the more powerful governments is nirvana. It covers everything from Howard's leadership, Costello's desires for the leadership, policy disasters (work choices, not signing Kyoto) and how everyone knows better.... now.

It's definitely worth a look, below is part one and below that are links to the other four parts. The official site is here and it feature the full length interviews



Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five

I'll finish on a lighter note - that famous apology to the Aboriginal people by 'John Howard' in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics on The Games.
After watching the video -
Gina Riley: What do you think?
John Clarke: It's not the prime minister.
Gina Riley: He didn't say he was. He said he was John Howard speaking to you from Sydney, Australia.
John Clarke: That's John Howard, the actor.
Gina Riley: That's John Howard.
John Clarke: Everyone knows that's not the prime minister, don't they?
Gina Riley: Everyone in Australia knows that, but this is going overseas.
Enjoy