My views on the Gillard Government hang on three basic beliefs:

23:09 vale Marie Colvin, Remi Ochlik and the many many people murdered in Syria every day. Visit Ochlik's website http://t.co/COOQjvGn Good night. #
23:07 Sigh. #lateline #
22:50 Hey has Peter Reith been interviewed on TV anywhere tonight? #lateline #auspol #ruddresigns #
22:42 Craig Emerson would support Julia Gillard, wouldn't he? #lateline #
22:31 Ok I'm braving #lateline but not following the "guest-tweeter". #
22:15 Rudd was planning to attend the Friends of Syria forum in Tunis on Friday. Not now :( #auspol #
22:12 KRudd's resignation is 3rd story on AJE 11 mins in after Syria and Afghanistan #
22:10 Oh in mid-report AJE has named Marie Colvin and Remy Ochlik as the deceased journalists #
22:07 Al Jazeera not naming the journalists killed in Syria (though I suspect TVS shows this on an hour's delay) #
22:01 Not that there's any avoiding KRudd on Al Jazeera. #
22:00 Perspective. Time to watch @ajenglish on @tvsydney. #
21:35 How would Doc Evatt have lasted as ALP leader today? #auspol #
21:16 Who's guest tweeter? RT @latikambourke: Stellar panel - Doug Cameron, Craig Emerson and Peter Beattie all on #Lateline tonight. #respill #
21:14 I see Steven Bradbury on the home straight winning gold at Salt Lake City, except that it's Tony Abbott skating in budgie smugglers. #
20:46 Dear @swannyDPM, that was totally unnecessary. #auspol #
20:40 Discipline. It's not so long ago that the Labor caucus was notable for its rock-solid discipline. #auspol #
20:12 Three sentences. The punchline will have you in stitches. RT @TonyAbbottMHR Statement on the resignation of Kevin Rudd: http://t.co/fI4xpdzu #
19:44 The London Conference on Somalia - Where @KRuddMP was supposed to be tomorrow. (Dennis Richardson will sub for him) http://t.co/2i7cKgS7 #
19:31 Ok I've relented slightly on the "analysis". Listening to @rndrive #
19:19 Australia’s foreign minister resigns amid leadership squabble, citing lack of support from PM - The Washington Post http://t.co/5O66xHID #
19:12 I think I'll leave the TV off tonight. Spare me the "analysis", just give me some facts. #
19:10 Breaking news: Simon Katich just got out for a duck. #
19:05 A Hazmat crew will be there shortly. RT @theburgerman: We now have Graham Richardson in the Sydney studio. #
19:03 Come on DFAT, keep your websites up to date! http://t.co/ELvyIh1y #
18:59 @Kimbo_Ramplin Apols, you are right. Looks like Rudd was supposed to be in London tomorrow and Tunis Friday. #

21:17 What, @lateline is persisting with the "guest-tweeter" thingy? Meh. #
21:08 Is five enough? #nrl MT @SSFCRABBITOHS South Sydney's 5 captains assemble on stage at the Rabbitohs season launch. http://t.co/ytE4eGzU #
21:01 Didn't have pancakes today. I'll have to invoke international time zones and do it tomorrow morning. #shrove #
20:32 It's amusing reading 16 versions of the same Jon Bon Jovi press release in the #NRL.com newsfeed with tiny differences for each club. #
17:46 What, Delta Goodrem was nearly a Jonas Sister-in-law? #
11:47 I blame Ricky Ponting for making me watch the channel 9 11am news #
11:02 Ricky Ponting lives in Sydney. RT @SydneyFC: Socceroos squad announcement at 11.30am today - which Sydney players do you think will make it? #
08:05 Happy Pancake Tuesday to you all! #
00:27 #qldvotes A clanger from @philReevesMP. SA and Vic hosted the 1988 u19 #Cricket World Cup, not Queensland - http://t.co/R6dhXSQ9 #

23:36 So Ricky Ponting will announce a challenge to Simon Crean tomorrow morning? #
23:14 I missed #lateline. Who was the guest tweeter tonight? #
15:24 'Cos every sports program needs one RT @iSportconnect: Sir Pizza Named Official Pizza of University of Miami Athletics http://t.co/nKFmcT0X #
11:09 Surely a leadership #spillard won't coincide with the #oscars AND the Allan Border Medal?? #auspol #sideshow #redcarpet #wags #
11:05 Surely a leadership #spillard won't clash with the #oscars? #auspol #sideshow #redcarpet #
06:54 Will reportage of party in-fighting be reduced to jokes, silly hashtags and "gosh social media spillard aren't we wonderful giggle giggle" #
06:50 This week could be a big test of the maturity and journalistic capabilities of the Canberra press gallery. #auspol #

23:11 Is the Chaser running another "Anton Enus for Gold Logie" campaign this year? Or shall I vote for him anyway? #logies #
22:35 #iSupportTruss RT @BernardKeane: I'm #suingtwitterbecause #IsupportGillard #
22:09 I wonder if the storm will pass so I can switch the PC on and vote for the #Logies before midnight? #
22:06 Why is #9newsat6 doing the consumer rip-off stories that used to be ACA's domain? #
21:55 A change in direction and the rain pouring through the window. (that's here in Sydney, not Rupert's wapping big London) #
21:41 Sun. On Sunday! RT @rupertmurdoch: Miracles do happen! Sun shining in London. #
20:28 Mucho thunder and lightning outside. #
18:58 @vanOnselenP Any thoughts about how long Doc Evatt would have lasted as ALP leader if today's spin/media cycle existed in his day? #auspol #
17:01 #iSupportTruss #
09:37 @latikambourke on the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin, there's something more than a little distasteful about the #kevbomb hashtag #
08:44 @HillbillySkill I hope that doesn't mean we'll get the earwax video for Anzac Day. #sideshow #
08:41 Anything else (if at all) that I have to say about the KRudd video will have the hashtag #sideshow appended. #auspol #
08:33 @Tzarimas the only thing interesting about the KRudd video is, who posted it in timing with the Sunday media cycle and why? #auspol #

23:19 Nothing Kevin Rudd could say in a video out-take should distract from the fact that he ate his own ear wax in the House of Representatives. #
21:55 Meanwhile, the Federal Government is getting on with the job of governing the country. #auspol #sideshow #sigh #
20:00 I am SO annoyed with myself about not knowing about the Shorty nominations till a day before they closed. They had been open since January 3 #
19:56 Now here's an opportunity lost for @KRuddMP, the Shorty #WorldLeader category http://t.co/OewjgLgT (nominations are now closed) #
19:54 I like this. @QPSMedia has figured in the Shorty Government nominations. Someone's taken the trouble to campaign http://t.co/0eCI1Y5P #
19:47 The leaderboard for the Shorty for best journalist on Twitter looks good, but so few votes http://t.co/U9wn9svd #
19:43 All subject to audit, but Kim Jae Joong led Mr Bieber, Ms Cyrus and Messrs Jedward for the @shortyaward #celebrity noms http://t.co/mUmCGo87 #
19:35 Irony alert: ABC1 is showing a program called New Tricks starring a middle-aged Dennis Waterman #
19:30 No, footy will be back once that stupid 9 point "supergoal" disappears. RT @AFL: Three words. One hashtag. FOOTY IS BACK! #NABCup #
19:28 +1 RT @jonkudelka: Sorry, but replacing words in titles is like planking. Its time has passed and we should never speak of it again. #
19:18 Tassie, here we come! #nrl MT @AlisterNicho: 11,400 crowd for @MelbStormRLC v Broncos at Nth Hobart. I'm shocked. #
16:12 Go Seabiscuit! #
15:50 Tony Abbott calls the Government dysfunctional, and although he provides no evidence of this, the media swallows it - http://t.co/kz4DBbzV #
14:34 Not bad, @TonyAbbottMHR. An impromptu #asktony on a Saturday afternoon when no one expects it. #auspol #
13:31 I must be in the Eastern Suburbs. There's a sale on Happy St Patrick's Day cards in the newsagents. #

23:01 Dennis Shanahan is the embodiment of everything bad about the Murdoch commentariat. #lateline #
22:36 #lateline time. #
21:41 Thanks to the Sri Lankan #cricket team, channel 9 is giving us a rerun of Alcatraz. #pass #
18:41 A new website for a new paradigm. RT @GrogsGamut: Ooooh the new APH website! http://t.co/E3O9M8vI #
16:48 I wonder if anyone's told @cosmicpinot that Friday night's #Lateline goes for 45 minutes, not 30... #guesttweeter #
13:55 On the subject of the @GWS_Giants song, I am barely old enough to remember "Guitcha Guiroff" by Frankie Davidson. Any similarities? #
13:50 @rdhinds I'll wait for the Nick Cave version of the GWS song. #
13:34 Noting that for future RT @CSIROnews We know you have been waiting for it. Friday Fish Time! Today Yellowbelly Flounder http://t.co/5c13iSYB #
12:13 Same here. RT @sspencer_63: I suspect part of the problem with Air Australia was marketing. 1st I knew it existed was when it no longer did. #
10:38 Yes. #auspol RT @sspencer_63: Barrie Cassidy exposes Rudd's denials, and puts it in a bit of perspective. Great stuff. http://t.co/C9Mybckc #
10:14 You know, if you sing the @GWS_Giants song slowly and mournfully it makes a really good dirge. #afl #
10:01 It doesn't. RT @JohnJohnsonson: #FF @AIRAUSTRALIA (in case it helps) #
09:27 I nominate @CricNSWBreakers for a Shorty Award in #sportsteams because they are great supporters of womens #cricket http://t.co/L4VFJhtz #
09:27 I nominate @CricketNSWBlues for a Shorty Award in #sportsteams because they actively promote a great #cricket team http://t.co/YRvC6F8n #
09:04 Ok so the fullblown #newnewtwitter has become unworkable on my desktop but I can still use mobile.twitter.com on it. #
08:37 Full credit to the @GWS_Giants and to Harry Angus for doing, shock horror, an original composition for their team song. #afl #

23:45 Missed #lateline tonight. Enjoyed reading back over @PeterLewisEMC's guest-tweets. Still think concept sucks. #
18:52 Sounds like the Essendon song played backwards MT @plalor: I love this sample of the new GWS song http://t.co/TTrZ36p0 #
17:36 "Someone Actually Had Heart Attack At Heart Attack Grill" - http://t.co/s5X8bLrr - But have investigators grilled anyone yet? #
13:29 Correction to an earlier tweet: the Nobel Prize-winning @cosmicpinot is #lateline's guest-tweeter tomorrow night (Friday), not tonight #
13:27 @cosmicpinot cheers, and all the best *tomorrow* night! #
13:25 Oh. So that abomination is actually the #NewNewTwitter. #
13:11 I suppose it's time I found out what all this Jeremy Lin fuss is about. #
13:02 Amazing lineup. RT @ProPublica: Over 25 people have been arrested in the Murdoch debacle. Here we put names to faces: http://t.co/MinvEikc #
13:01 @GrogsGamut yes. I had put it down to an unannounced conversion of my account to the "new twitter" #
12:59 I can now pronounce @twitter on its full web site worse than both Echofon and my Android app :( #
12:48 "twitter.com is loading slowly" on my desktop pc. Could to be to do with that "new twitter" it has just decided to change to? #
12:09 And online and social media. RT @NSWRL: NSWRL announce 2012 broadcast schedule details - New South Wales Rugby League: http://t.co/JUabb8Kt #
11:58 Oh dear. #nrl #redv RT @NZStuffSport: Dragons deny wrongdoing as wee row erupts http://t.co/JwwezMdn #
10:23 Tonight's #lateline guest-tweeter. RT @cosmicpinot: @rickeyre ok give us some tips. I going to need any help I can get #
10:22 .@cosmicpinot and 4. Don't misspell #lateline as Senator Hanson-Young did last night :) All the best tonight! #
10:20 .@cosmicpinot 3. If replying to someone put a dot in front if their name (as I've done here) so all your followers see the tweet. #lateline #
10:17 .@cosmicpinot 2. address every story or at least as many as practical - even the weather forecast if you're so inclined :) #lateline #
10:14 .@cosmicpinot my suggestions? 1. Tweet frequently (ie, every minute or so and not just 7-8 times in the half hour). #lateline #

23:24 Thankyou thankyou! RT @730reportland: Tonights #Lateline,Land `Clever-Viewer` `Gold-Medal` goes to @rickeyre #
23:13 No disrespect to any of the guest-tweeters this week so far but it's straight out of the "I Don't Get Social Media" manual. #lateline #
23:00 There can be only one good reason for a #lateline guest-tweeter: So that we can follow the show while watching the SBS news. #
22:46 Well it doesn't help when the #lateline guest-tweeter repeatedly spells the hashtag wrong. #lateine #
21:00 Sure. RT @TonyAbbottMHR: Private health insurance is an article of faith for us. We will restore the rebate in government as soon as we can. #
20:02 2/2 ... I believe all political #donations should become public knowledge ASAP, thereby placing donors under scrutiny from stakeholders. #
20:00 I have no problem with political #donations coming from corporations. Impose restrictions and they'll find ways to hurdle them. However 1/2 #
18:41 Not since I gave it up in 2004 :) RT @Tzarimas: Anyone else having trouble with Hotmail? #
15:30 I think Harry said that too. RT @erdemkoc: Does anyone else get annoyed when Slipper says: "The Honourable the Prime Minister" #auspol #qt #
13:17 @Ken_Sutcliffe I think it comes down to whether the fans want a late night with their families and later if they want to meet their premiers #
13:07 @Ken_Sutcliffe true, and good to see. But on Eddie's point, hasn't the NRL gone back from staging night grand finals? #
13:04 Tweet of the day RT @rupertmurdoch: @rupertmurdoch #
13:02 Breaking: Ch9 person agrees with another ch9 person. RT @Ken_Sutcliffe: Eddie McGuire is spot on about night AFL grand finals #
09:59 Bob sounds like he'd like to dig it out himself with his own bare hands. #nswpol RT @bobjcarr: Uranium Mining in NSW http://t.co/cwaCgAM7 #
09:03 Mine is avocado, but thank you for asking. MT @ABCRural: What's your preference? Butter or margarine. http://t.co/wzymrSbz #
08:07 Any wonder I won't watch your show. RT @sunriseon7: Now: Alan Jones and Richo. #Sun7 #AusPol #

23:26 Though to be fair, tonight's #lateline did not inspire meaningful discussion... #
23:24 So the guest-tweeter tweeted 13 times during tonight's #lateline, including 8 replies. It's only the first night but I can't see the point. #
23:19 I can't wait to read the transcript of that #lateline interview. Actually, I can. #
22:58 Uh oh guest-tweeter @turnbullmalcolm has been sidetracked into conversations with other tweeps which most people won't see. #lateline #
22:55 John Waters was The Bodyguard in the Libyan remake? Who played Whitney? #lateline #
22:53 #lateline Why is Emma Alberici interviewing John Waters? #
21:53 Robert Manne. I cannot watch #qanda. I'm still traumatised from watching Robert Manne and Gerard Henderson together on #lateline years ago. #
21:46 You are kidding, Radio Australia, surely. RT @RAPacific: #QandA starting now on Radio Australia's Pacific English stream. #
20:47 I'm watching #4corners on mute. Is it just 45 minutes of Kevin Rudd scowling? #
20:46 @mrtiedt Pity. I think Malcolm would enjoy this more. @latikambourke #
20:40 Is this the show Malcolm Turnbull is guest-tweeting? If not, why not? RT @latikambourke: Now watching #4Corners... #
18:16 Oh dear. RT @barneyronay: Aaron Ramsey link to Houston death. Not sure if this is a web spoof or a real news story http://t.co/r05n2agO #
16:34 The @SBSNews mobile web site appeard to be functional now. Looks good too! #
16:07 Oh please. Was that Advance Australia Fair I just heard as a ringtone? #
15:45 Do smartphones attract lightning? Or shall I find out the hard way? #
13:38 Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse win a Grammy for best duo performance. I know I haven't heard said recording, but Really?? #grammys #
13:31 Betty White, Grammy Award winner. Surely her career is complete now. #grammys #
13:30 They may have cut down the categories from ~104 to 78 this year, but thank goodness we still have a Grammy for "Best Surround Sound Album" #
13:26 Excuse me, but how does "Band On The Run" by Paul McCartney win a Grammy for Best Historical Album? (or even qualify) #grammys #
12:46 Not quite ready yet, I see. MT @DatelineSBS: There's now a mobile version of the @SBSNews website http://t.co/Id4QPfhm #
10:44 30000 people watching Rugby Sevens in Nevada? RT @NZStuffSport: New Zealand lose Las Vegas final to Samoa http://t.co/RnPCeU0C #
09:46 Congratulations Zambia. #acn2012 #