"The assassination of Rudd makes a final decision all too easy. After 50 years of membership, through thick and thin - mainly thin - I'm resigning."

"Rudd goes, so I go too."

- respected Australian broadcaster, columnist, film producer, writer and left-wing pundit Phillip Adams AO, writing about his recent decision to not renew his membership of the ALP, reported in his column in today's Weekend Australian magazine

"Why I quit the Labor Party" by Phillip Adams
The Australian June 30th 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/why-i-quit-the-labor-party/story-e6frg8h6-1225886243738