Sty Stumbles on Retirement Prediction

You can't be right all the time!

John Howard's announcement that he's staying on to contest the next election torpedoed the Sty's bold prediction that he'd bail by the end of the year. Being churlish, I reckon he would have but for Peter's whinge about broken promises.

At least this revelation will end the tedious line of questions regarding Howard's immediate intentions, only to be replaced by the inevitable questioning about his retirement intentions if he wins in 2007.

Labor is going to push Howard hard on this, putting him under a lot of pressure to commit to staying for the entire next term of government if he wins. I can't wait to see Costello's reaction if this happens.