# Don't worry, Australia - Canada's taken Kevin Rudd off your hands. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412 "2013-07-24T20:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412/1 "2013-07-24T20:28:10Z")
At least, so saith the BBC, which does its best to keep up with political developments in the colonies: [BBC labels Kevin Rudd as Canadian PM](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/07/24/20997496.html) > [@](#): > > Kevin Rudd is Canada’s new prime minister? > > As the world ooh-ed and ahh-ed over the royal baby’s first public appearance, there were a few that let out a ‘huh?’ when BBC World News referred to Kevin Rudd as the prime minister of Canada. > > Don’t be alarmed though: It was a mistake and Stephen Harper is still our PM. ---
**Author:** ![Caneknife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412/2 "2013-07-25T10:14:18Z")
Canada can have him, he is Australia’s worst Prime Minister, got our country in billions on debt and keeps on spending, typical Labor. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412/3 "2013-07-25T11:17:54Z")
> [@Caneknife](#): > > Canada can have him, he is Australia’s worst Prime Minister, got our country in billions on debt and keeps on spending, typical Labor. Yeah, right. If Rudd and his team went to Canada their mismanagement and overspending [might increase Canada’s debt from 30 to 11.5% of GDP](http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/27/heres-the-real-story-of-australian-debt/). Huh. That doesn’t entirely make sense does it? Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412/4 "2013-07-25T15:01:48Z")
> [@Caneknife](#): > > Canada can have him, he is Australia’s worst Prime Minister, got our country in billions on debt and keeps on spending, typical Labor. The dude can’t be any worse than Harper (can he?). I say let’s try him out! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412/5 "2013-07-26T12:58:11Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > The dude can’t be any worse than Harper (can he?). I say let’s try him out! If only there were some way of deposing the PM. He is essentially a dictator, elected for four years. As party leader, he has absolute authority to decide who runs under the party label in every riding. So you better not oppose him if you are in his party. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-australia-canadas-taken-kevin-rudd-off-your-hands/664412/6 "2013-07-26T14:22:13Z")
Yet in Australia Gillard deposed Rudd (PM/leader of Labour), fought off a challenge from Rudd and finally had to call a caucus vote on her leadership which she lost (to Rudd). All that in 3 years, which seems a bit much to me, though I’d like to \*some \*of that energy over here.