It's going to be a tedious 12 to 18 months while those of us with conservative inclinations wait for Brendan "say anything" Nelson to be replaced, and for the Coalition to work out something that distinguishes it from Labor under Rudd.
One would have thought that Ross Garnaut's proposal for 90% emissions reduction by mid century would be the perfect opportunity to point to the wisdom of John Howard's statement 12 months ago:
But no, Nelson says "no nuclear" and Nick Minchin takes the opportunity to express climate change skepticism.Mr Howard said the [IPCC] report was the latest and strongest confirmation that greenhouse gas emissions were damaging the earth and Australia must continue moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"We must be open-minded and courageous enough to look at all of the options, including nuclear power," Mr Howard told reporters at his Sydney residence, Kirribilli House.
"There is no point, in the face of such a comprehensive challenge, of ruling out consideration of something which may, over time, provide part of the solution to the problem."
Enjoy Opposition, boys.
My thoughts exactly. I think the first words in my head when I heard the news were 'spineless twerp'.
ReplyDeleteIt's true Rudd came to power more or less by endorsing every Coalition policy. But I don't think that will work the other way around. Now that the Rudder has actually made steps to distinguish the Federal Labor Party from the Coalition in government, people will have wised up to that trick.
Guess all we can do is wait for Nelson to be ousted and a smarter Liberal to contend for the Prime Ministership. It could be a long wait.