It's hard not to be just a little bit interested in politics in Canberra - working with Ministers and their advisers; or just somewhere in administration; the "big house" and the big flagpole dominating the city; glimpses of pollies at restaurants, bars or the airport.
Yesterday was pretty intense - word got around very early about Fox's story about the leadership crisis in the government. Everyone was madly checking the radio, internet sites - would the PM survive the day ? The week ? How did he let things slip so far, so fast ? And what was Costello doing ?
But amazingly when the Ministers "suggested" it was time for the PM to go and he firmly said "no" - they backed off at a great rate of knots.
Shades of Rab Butler in the UK in the 1960's and that great quote from Enoch Powell. Only this time it was the whole Cabinet, not just one minister wimping out.
And NO-ONE is buying that story that the PM agreed to let Alexander Downer "sound out" his fellow Ministers on the leadership last week. That's pure spin...
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