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Brown Study

Brown study

14 September 2013

9:00 AM

14 September 2013

9:00 AM

After we had lobbed a few atom bombs on Japan in 1945, the Emperor delivered himself of the understatement of all time: ‘The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.’ But in the delusional stakes, it scarcely touched Kevin Rudd’s concession speech last Saturday night.

For Rudd, there was virtually no loss to concede.

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