The world is a small place it would seem and you do not have to try too hard to bump into familiar faces, especially somewhere as close to home as Singapore.
So there we were, meandering through Raffles City Mall, when Heather decides to enter one of the more up-market stores, British India, looking for bargains. I say 'bargains' because there is no point stepping into the place without wanting to spend at least $100.
Browsing our way the the back of the store we find a local-looking woman holding a very young child. When offered assistance by one of the employees she politely declines and both Heather and myself pause. There is something vaguely familiar with the voice, in that it was certainly Australian, but there was more to it.
As the woman turns toward us making a further statement to the shop-assistant, the 'Penny' drops. It was, of course, our Honourable member of Parliament and Finance Minister, Penny Wong in full family/mother(parent?)/holiday mode with recent arrival in-tow.
We beat a hasty retreat at that point, lest we make the poor Pol'y uncomfortable. The thing was, Ms Wong's reply to the shop-assistant, who had indicated to her that the garment she was holding looked like it would suit her was, ".....oh no, I am far too conservative for that.....".
So where does that put Labor on the spectrum of politics? If the Liberals are, well, liberal and Labor is conservative, who are the left-wingers looking after the workers (bruvver)?
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