GONE!

Big news. Well, it must be, they cut into the footy. The GG just resigned. No Tim Webster! Not re-SIGNED! Just when the outragists were about to gear up for a good week of whinge.

Labor's been campaigning to get rid of him for ages, in fact it's one of the few things they've been able to get their teeth into. Now they'll have to change down a gear to "He should have gone sooner!" In my opinion this'll hold no sway with the voters who'll just be glad to see the end of it all.

As far as Coalition implications are concerned, Lindsay Tanner seems to have provided a circuit breaker for the PM's connection so the question arises. Where to for the opposition now their main target is out of the picture?

UPDATE: Slimey's into the PM for not backing his man. He's absolutely spot on if "not backing his man" translates as "supporting the GG for well over a year". Strange guy the Slimer. And he's already rolling out the "Too - Late - Should - Have - Been - Sooner" line. Peter Beattie thinks it's sad but "Won't be drawn" into criticism. Likes an each-way bet doesn't he? The ABC seems concerned with whether the replacement GG is a woman/ethnic. Hettie Johnson thinks its a great day. Something about vindication. She reminds me of Salim "The Rat" Malik when Mark Waugh and Shane Warne admitted taking slings. Shocking woman!