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Then, as conversation turned to the future and Gillard’s pledge in her speech that “Labor says yes to the future”, Rudd said something else.
“F—k the future”, he laughed, literally flipping the bird in front of the assembled journalists to punctuate his remark. As he thrust his finger in the air, the crowd could barely believe their eyes.
Rudd then posed for photographs with bar staff and disappeared into the night.
The Honourable Kevin Rudd MP, Australia’s current Foreign Affairs Minister and - until June 2010 - our Prime Minister, flying the flag.
