I'm sitting here listening to Australian PM John Howard at the press conference with Tony Blair. Blair is doing the best he can, showing his humanity .. Howard is just droning on and on and on .. pretending to look 'statemanlike' .. as if the world gives a stuff for the wretched ramblings of that trumped up irrelevant little Napoleon. How typical, even at a time like this .. he won't stop, and couldn't care less to be tactful or succint.

Ah well .. what are those considerations compared to a photo opportunity like this ..

(and BTW for overseas readers: that is a fake, mega-over-the-top Aussie accent. Most people around here don't actually talk loik that.)