Some of you may have heard about the kerfuffle during Shrub's efforts at APEC in Oz. First the Shrub thanked us for sending "Austrian" troops to support his in Iraq, then he thanked our PM for organising "OPEC"; if I were an American I'd be blushing with embarrassment that my President should give such a perfect impression of being a klutz. Then the Chaser team (very game comedians) set up a faux motorcade that was ushered through all the security blocks, the video of which is here The also then demonstrated how much more difficult it was to enter the minimal (by comparison) security of the local RSL Club.

All of the APEC stuff was supposed to enhance the stature (very short) and the status of our PM; this has all backfired. He has now had his colleagues publicly debating his ability to lead them into the coming election and whether he can even retain his seat in Parliament.

Cheers, Rowan