Thursday, September 13, 2007
"If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince."
KERRY O’BRIEN: Last question Mr Howard. This also is a message from you to the electors of Bennelong, your own electorate. And you’re saying to them that if they elect you, if they put you back in the Parliament this time, you’re not going to be there for the full three years, at some point in the three years, there’ll be a by-election. Can you see the potential negative in that for them?
JOHN HOWARD: Well, the position in … the position in relation to that is … I mean, I’m very, very upfront. I mean, whether … depending on when I … whether there would be a by-election or not is something that I would determine then, because it has not been unknown for people in those circumstances to serve out their term. It would depend entirely on circumstances.
“If circumstances change down the track and he still thinks he’s the best person to lead the party then I think he’ll still be there,” former Liberal leader John Hewson told ABC radio today.
“When he first came into parliament I had the view that if he ever became prime minister you’d carry him out in a box and I still have that view, despite the events of yesterday.
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