Of None, Independent candidate for Gilmore has rebuffed the Federal Member in her assessment that Government members are firmly behind the Prime Minister, John Howard.
Mr. None offered this assessment of last week’s events in Canberra; "The PM asked Alexander Downer to find out whether his Cabinet colleagues continued to support him as Leader. The answer was that they did not, but no one was game to challenge him. The PM then issued an ultimatum; support me or perish. Faced with the certainty of losing their seats in an obviously fragmented party the troops have, for the moment, decided to back their General. But any semblance of unity behind John Howard is only a façade until after the election. Mutiny can only be but an election away."
Mr. None believes the Prime Minister’s latest tactic is to turn the last eleven years on its head.
"For the entire period of his office John Howard has been anything but a team player. He sent Australian troops to Iraq despite the objections of the overwhelming majority of Australians or the promised Parliamentary debate on the issue. The recent ten billion dollar "Save the Murray/Darling" plan was developed on the back of an envelope and announced without Cabinet consideration or approval," he said.
"His Prime Ministership has largely been a one man band," he remarked
"John Howard has asked the Australian people for one more chance do a ‘few more things’.
Presumably these things would include keeping us in Iraq longer and establishing a nuclear industry of twenty-five nuclear reactors and a nuclear waste dump. I can think of no better reasons to deny him the chance," concluded Mr. None.
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