These are really sad developments from Australia where the incumbent Prime Minister John Howard has lost to his Labor rival Kevin Rudd.

John Howard a long time supporter of the neo-conservative agenda for the Muslim world finally fell foul of the Australian people’s demands on climate change and their opposition to the Iraq war:

“Australian Prime Minister John Howard has admitted defeat in the country’s general election, and looks set to lose his parliamentary seat…

…Amid cheers from Liberal Party faithful, Mr Howard said it had been a privilege to have served as prime minister since 1996.

“We’ve bequeathed to [Mr Rudd] a nation that is stronger and prouder and more prosperous than it was 11 and a half years ago,” he said.

Mr Howard, who had been bidding for a fifth term in office, conceded the national election and accepted it was “very likely” he would also be defeated in his Bennelong constituency.

If unseated, the 68-year-old would be only the second prime minister in Australia’s history to suffer such a fate.

Voters in Bennelong had elected Mr Howard in 13 consecutive elections over 33 years.

But with more than 50% of the votes counted in the constituency, figures from the electoral commission suggested he had lost the seat to Maxine McKew, a former TV journalist.

An exit poll conducted by Sky News and Channel 7 suggested a similar result….

…The BBC’s Nick Bryant, in Sydney, said Labor had swept back into power by harnessing an anti-government backlash.

Mr Howard had found himself on the wrong side of public opinion on the Kyoto protocol and the war in Iraq, our correspondent said.” (Source: BBC News)

A very sad day for all those in this world who love freedom and democracy.

To see more on John Howard please click on the following link : John Howard, Muslims And The Indigenous Australians

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