<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shattersnipe: malcontent &amp; rainbows]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[fozmeadows]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/author/fozmeadows/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Iemma Bites The&nbsp;Dust]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>As of today, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/nathan-rees-confirmed-as-new-nsw-premier-as-morris-iemma-ousted/2008/09/05/1220121494217.html">Nathan Rees has officially ousted Morris Iemma from the NSW Premiership</a>, with Carmel Tebbutt, beloved defender of education, by his side (Rees&#8217;, not Iemma&#8217;s). And I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m sorry to see it happen.</p>
<p>What I can say, however &#8211; and will &#8211; is <a href="https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/the-slippery-slope/">I told you so</a>. Well, OK, maybe I predicted Iemma would lose the next state election to the Liberal party rather than caucus to his once-loyal backbenchers, but still. Saw it comin&#8217;.</p>
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