The Wire

Since being given the new post of leader on Monday, Kevin Rudd has certainly made a go of making himself known in Parliament. His first question time in Parliament was a concerted effort to demonstrate a commitment to domestic politics, but that’s not his forté when it comes to his curriculum vitae – former diplomat to Beijing, fluent in mandarin Chinese and shadow foreign affairs minister. Bruce Haigh is a former diplomat to Indonesia, and being a man on the other side of the diplomacy world, says whether a conservative diplomat could make a good Prime Minister…