Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Latham's frontbench suddenly looks like a big space to fill . . .
. . . but fortunately, Damir Dokic has come out of the doghouse in a nick of time. Although he has no political form whatever, and won't be budging from Serbia, Damir's about the only person left in the world with (i) plenty of excess anger and (ii) none of it directed at Mark Latham.
Latham is only going to last as leader if he can put some fire back in the Labor belly. Since his own, currently dormant, style of anger would make him stand-out like the proverbial, he badly needs at least one other capital-H hater in his inner circle.
Barring relocating shadow cabinet to Belgrade and signing up Damir, then, Latham's leadership is finished.
. . . but fortunately, Damir Dokic has come out of the doghouse in a nick of time. Although he has no political form whatever, and won't be budging from Serbia, Damir's about the only person left in the world with (i) plenty of excess anger and (ii) none of it directed at Mark Latham.
Latham is only going to last as leader if he can put some fire back in the Labor belly. Since his own, currently dormant, style of anger would make him stand-out like the proverbial, he badly needs at least one other capital-H hater in his inner circle.
Barring relocating shadow cabinet to Belgrade and signing up Damir, then, Latham's leadership is finished.
