An English bibliotaph of fifty years residence in Wales pontificates about politics (slightly off-message), films and trivia. Acting secretary of Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats. Candidate for Neath in the Westminster elections of 1997 & 2017 and the Welsh general election of 2016.
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Barry girl takes over Australia
Julia Gillard, who was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, became Australia's first female prime minister after Kevin Rudd resigned as PM and Labor leader. The Australian Broadcasting story is here.
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You can take the girl out of Barry, but you can't taken the Barry out of the girl.
2 comments:
You can take the girl out of Barry, but you can't taken the Barry out of the girl.
i think it is great that women are becoming more powerful in Australia. Wales now has two very famous women, Julia Gillard and Catherine Zeta- Jones.
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