Latham's Gone

A Liberal voting work colleague remarked to me yesterday that the electorate's misgivings regarding Mark Latham were right.

Although we usually partake in a lot of friendly political banter, I couldn't give a sensible reply to that comment. Sadly, he's probably right.

Latham's actions over the past fortnight were stupid beyond description.

If you think that he'll survive this latest Labor leadership fiasco, cast your mind forward to the first Federal Parliamentary session of 2005, with the Labor Party still headed by Mark Latham.

Imagine Peter Costello flying into Latham during question time about being supposedly too sick to comment on the Asian tsunami, while being spotted in the swimming pool at a NSW Central Coast resort.

The Labor party isn't going to get traction on any issue while he remains leader.

These thoughts will be in the minds of the parliamentary party as they ponder the year ahead.

Prediction: He'll be gone, one way or the other, by mid February.