Howard mark II

I’m not sure what comments I can make about the Australian election as I haven’t been keeping all that up to date with news. It does look like Rudd is going to win. I think there is certainly an element of a desire for change amongst the feelings of the Australian population. Howard has been in 10 years so it is just human nature for people to want change. Howard should really have gone out on top and handed the reigns over to Costello before this campaign. I think it has harmed his party that he says he will not complete the full term if re-elected. If that is the case then he shouldn’t have run as leader.

I think Rudd though has moved the Labor party further towards the centre. In a similar way to how Blair moved Labour over here towards the centre. There isn’t a great deal of difference now between the left and right parties over here, both of them hover around centre because that is the changing nature of the societies we live in. There is no longer a large distinction between socio-economic classes and little difference now between blue and white collar workers. As technology improves, so does the need for manual labour decrease. Everyone is middle class now and so the traditional classes of people that were represented by labor parties in the past, no longer exist. So political parties now have to fight over the middle ground. It would seem that Rudd has managed to move the party towards the centre and in a position to win this election.

Those are my comments based on my limited knowledge of the situation.