I presume from our PM’s “celebrity” trips overseas he has acquired a virus that has left him deaf, dumb, blind, and somewhat paralytic. In the process of his travels he must have spent all the funds which has left him immune to the pleas of pensioners who have found it impossible to live under their current pittance. Also, his biggest con trick was to procure the $500 awarded to the electorate by Peter Costello, and make it appear as though this is a Labor coup. Do I make myself clear Mr Rudd?

With the benefit of a very wealthy relative you could travel anywhere you like without dipping into Government funds. But it would of course be preferable if you stayed in Australia, and resolved some of the problems you have created – by meeting the people you have put out of jobs, wrecked their businesses, and put them under stress which has wrecked their health and/or their marriages etc.

It is apparent you are also in the throes of a narcissistic complex, and I advise you to smash the mirror. You are not a big noise in the world of international politics and never will be. No doubt the leaders of the other nations find you a joke. Try being an efficient Australian politician with a touch of humanity and you may eventually receive the adulation you so ardently desire.

Charles Mathews

BENDEMEER