go back to the latter. Paul from newcastle: How did he lose the seat to the Greens? He didn't stand as a candidate at the last election. The ALP endorsed candidate (whoever they were) lost, but Tanner did not seek re-election in 2010. He possibly would have won, based on his local approval levels, but the seat has been edging towards the Greens for about a decade - Tanner advised he wouldn't be seeking re-election the day Gillard rolled Rudd (he said that had nothing to do with his decision - you can believe that or not) jmn: 26 Sep 2012 4:57:52pm I agree. I heard Tanner interviewed on RN breakfast this morning and I thought his performance shabby. He claimed to be concerned about the future of the Labor Party but all his comments were a knifing of Gillard. When Geraldine Doogue asked him if he thought Gillard was doing a good job, he said he wasn't going to break his long-standing policy of not commenting on colleagues. Damning by silence in other words. It struck me that Tanner is more concerned to bring down an old opponent, etc than he is about the future of his party. kazann: Pedro: 26 Sep 2012 6:13:07pm You said it yourself 'I used to like Lindsay Tanner'. That's because he was an honest and fair politician. If you have ever wrote a book you might know that you must move on the publisher's timeline and I would bet Lindsay didn't get a