Beazley's Ticker Wanting, Again

Back in the Labor saddle, Kim Beazley wanted everyone to know his ticker was not suspect and that he alone could resist the tide of Howardism and march his people to the promised land. Mr Beazley must do more than play the role of tough guy in name only. Hopelessly wrong-footed on the budget tax cuts because he could not be seen to back down from a prospectless strategy, Mr Beazley stepped from bog into quicksand.