One wonders why Ray Martin bothered with Julia Gillard, who has a new book to flog and the same old lines to peddle. Yes, she did throw the brothel-creeping Craig Thomson under a bus, finally conceding that the union corruptocrat, now appealing his recent conviction, is the scamp and scoundrel the rest of Australia identified quite some time ago.
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After that it was the familiar terrain of misogyny. Fortunately for Martin he did not commit the faux pas of looking at his watch.