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Julia Gillard - The first Australian Woman PM with a toupee

So Australia has their first woman Prime Minister.  Julia Gillard was sworn in today after the Australian continent was left Rudderless following the departure of their previous leader. I am a little unsure as to how to take this news so lets examine the facts as they stand.

Firstly, the statistics show that Rudd had to go. Having inherited a country rich in sporting history he has taken it down the garden path and left them abandoned. Their rugby team has won only 6 full internationals last year including losses to Scotland and they have now lost 7 on the trot to the All Blacks. For heavens sake they even lost to England a few days ago. Added to this is their cricket team which used to be the foundation of their society but  is now a rubbish wasteland of over paid players and aging stars. They lost the 20/20 World Cup and are currently being comfortably beaten by England. Furthermore there soccer team has just been walloped in the recent World Cup. One would even wonder if a World Cup of Australian Rules was held if they could even win that.  With results like these someone had to pay and unfortunately it was the man at the top of the pile.

So what do we know of this Gillard. Firstly she is Welsh. Now I am not racist but there are certain characteristics that are common to various groups of people.Sometimes we can laugh at these. Fortunatly this is especially so with people from Wales. She will be a good singer, love sheep and most probably have the ability to drink most men under the table. This will be an important vote winning technique in most areas west of Sydney. However, it is in the sport area which the Aussie public will want results and I dont know if a Welsh person can deliver that. Bet you couldn’t name one famous Welsh sporting star….. Now if you guessed Jones that was just lucky as that is the only surname they are allowed. Generally  the Welsh live in their own sporting dream world. Take this quote from Welsh Rugby player Shane Williams in 2008 which I have taken from the All Blacks site.

Wales winger Shane Williams believes the gulf in quality between the northern and southern hemisphere is reducing every year. “I don’t think we’re a million miles away,” he said. “We’re narrowing the gap every year. “The Tri Nations sides are the best sides in the world without doubt, but we are progressing. The northern hemisphere is narrowing the gap.

Head in the clouds stuff when you consider that Wales have not scored a try against the All Blacks in their last 3 games.
Secondly, I have deep reservations for Australia under the leadership of a women. Now I don’t want get my large female fans off side but political leadership is essentially a male domain. I make this judgement on personal experience. I have lived in a country with two women Prime Ministers and the results were disastrous. New Zealand lost 3 Rugby World Cups under the leadership of women, not to mention the America’s Cup, 2 Rugby League World Cups and 2 Netball World Cups. Our tennis stocks have never been lower, our golf professionals are a joke and all of this has come about under the leadership of women Prime Ministers. I consider it more than a coincidence that the form of the  All Whites, the All Blacks and the our chess team ( black-mates, instead of check mates) have improved remarkably since John Key came into power.

Now usually I like seeing our friendly neighbours struggling and battling away. However, deep within my soul I do feel sorry for the Australian people. However, that feeling wont last long as we have some massive sporting events coming up later this year and with John Key as our Commander and and Julia Gilard steering the Rudderless Aussie boat I can see only one result in the upcoming tri nations, the Commonwealth Games and the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Kiwi victory.