DEBUNKED - Prediction - Terrorist In Canberra

Well, what a day.

Yesterday we had former defence minister Ian McDonald make the claim of an "agreement" between Howard and Costello prior to the 1994 spill of Downer effectively saying that Howard only wanted two (2) terms before standing aside for Costello.

By morning, Howard had blankly ruled out that a deal was ever done - end of story, or so we thought. Later in the day, Costello dropped the bomb - in his opinion there had been an agreement - and frankly, he's fucked all of them.

Why? Well, Howard's credibility is shot (honest John ain't so honest after all) and, should Howard push on, Costello has just provided Labor with it's campaign slogan - "how can you trust Howard if he lies to the closest people in his own party?". But Costello is equally stuffed because he lacks the numbers to overthrow Howard and by now openly coming out and effectively calling Howard a liar, he's not likely to gain friends quickly. So, in one swift move, Costello has killed both of their future aspirations - possibly the greatest political suicide of our generation.

My guess is that (yet another) deadline for Howard to quit has passed and so Costello has realised that if it didn't happen now, it would never happen. If Howard went to another election, by then Costello would be nearing retirement so why bother? So, he's thrown the incendery in instead, deciding to take Howard out with him...

Tonite Bishop tried arguing there was never an agreement because, as it was before they'd even reached power, there was effectively nothing to offer. What a load of shite! Clearly Costello put his own future as leader ON HOLD so Howard would go up to the party room unopposed. If a deal WASN'T done, he wouldn't have held back his nomination. Clearly this means that a deal had been struck.

We've also had some comment that Costello's credibility is shot because he's repeatedly denied rumours of a deal. But clearly Costello has denied the allegation till now as part of loyality - going far beyond and putting the party's interests ahead of his own - he put the party first for 2 elections or 5 years (I'm amazed he lasted this long).

No, this is not an attempt to yeild office from Howard - it is instead an deliberate attempt to unseat Howard ... at his own demise. Who would have thought that Australia's first suicide bomber would come from the Liberal Party?

Edit (8/5/07): Well, Howard continues to amaze as does his resilience. Currently down in the pools, I still think he's a good chance for another win (question this is, who will be PM?).