The Man Tipped as Next Aussie Prime Minister 'asked to leave NY strip club'

Published: August 20, 2007, 4:56 pm

I know what the headline says, but bear with me. Some background: with a federal election looming Down Under, and the once upon a time way too cunning Aussie PM John Winston Howard lagging so far behind in the polls they're now holding a lantern out for him, the man who would be king is Labor leader Kevin Rudd: a bookish, nerdy-looking bloke who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Tin-Tin character from the famous French comic strip of the same name (indeed, so close is it, political cartoonist Bill Leak of The Australian newspaper never draws Rudd as anything but). Howard's Liberal Party (that's a misnomer and would be a gross underestimation of political leanings that are marginally to the right of Genghis Khan if you were to use American liberalism as the yardstick) appears a lost cause after a decade in power. So with the electorate facing a choice between a rock and a hard place with Rudd and Howard - who despite being hilariously called "The man of steel" by George W.Bush for

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