Ever since I met Prime Minister Rudd in Brisbane, I have suspected that he doesn’t really want to remain a big fish in a small pond, the small pond, being Australia. I have often alluded to his ambition post- Prime Ministership and on March 9 of this year I expressed my views on this topic.

So it was pleasing to read in this morning’s “The Australian” newspaper that Greg Sheridan, whom I admire greatly, also holds that view . What prompts me to comment on this is Greg’s claim at the end of his opinion piece “You heard it here first.” That’s not quite true.