A Nice Christmas Encounter

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

A Nice Christmas Encounter

This morning I ran into John Howard outside my office. I shook his hand and wished him a Merry Christmas, and said something else nice to him of a confidential nature. He was very gracious.

While I do not agree with all of Howard's policies, especially the blind allegiance to the United States, he was certainly a better Prime Minister than the current one, and way better than the previous two Labor ones.

And I am pleased that Australia is still a country where a former Prime Minister can walk the streets safely.

Posted by Paul on Tuesday, 23 December 2014 at 10:57 AM in Australia, Politics | Permalink

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I agree we have a great country where former Prime Ministers can walk the streets safely. I look forward to the day Tony Abbott does this.

Posted by: PythonMagus | Wednesday, 24 December 2014 at 08:18 AM

More gracious - yes he always had some of that reserve.

Posted by: Thygocanberra | Tuesday, 23 December 2014 at 09:51 PM

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