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Lennon, exit Stage Right
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PAUL Lennon is on the verge of quitting. Expect an announcement very soon.
That was the astonishing, unsubstantiated rumour, gleaned in a pub encounter late last night.
My source is impeccable. He says his source is impeccable.
The reasons. Partly dirt.
Squeaky-clean new PM Kevin Rudd cannot abide any hint of sleazy, Labor-mates’-club dealings.
And the stench rising from the island has just become too much.
Whether it’s court cases or close association with Big End of Town mates (house renovations not excluded), it seems the new PM wants to sweep the land clean.
He is in favour of the new broom in wall-to-wall Labor land. In recent times Labor leaders in WA, Victoria, NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory have bade farewell to the poiltical stage.
That leaves Mike Rann in SA.
And Paulie in Tassie … standing out like a sore, suppurating, thumb.
Bye, Mate.