When Independent Australian MP, Andrew Wilkie promised to support the Gillard minority government in return for significant gambling reforms, he said that if she ever backed down from her promise, he would drop his support. Up until the last minute, it seemed that Ms. Gillard would go ahead with the reforms which created a huge wave of opposition. So when the PM announced a watered-down reform place this weekend, you can’t really blame the opposition leader for calling her “the great deceiver” and becoming Prime Minister under false pretences. Tony Abbott went even further by saying that “nothing this prime minister says can be taken seriously ever again.” Wilkie, meanwhile, has said that he will “end his current relationship with her government.” When they say gambling is a controversial topic, they got that one right!
And on the subject of trust:
In days of old, when knights were bold, this particular knight was leaving for a crusade and called one of his squires: “I’m leaving for the crusade.
Here is the key to my wife’s chastity belt. If, in 10 years, I haven’t returned, you may use the key as I’m sure she will have needs.”
The knight sets out on the dusty road, armored from head to toe. He takes one last look at his castle and sees the squire rushing across the drawbridge, yelling, “Stop! Stop! Thank goodness I was able to catch you. This is the wrong key!”
