Of course if Rudd can weaken the factions, Gillard is gone and he is back in in this article In an exclusive interview, he called for the grass roots membership of the Labor Party to seize back control from the factional warlords who helped depose him.
"(It's) the ability of just a few folk out there in faction-land, to strangle the life and soul out of the show, that's a real danger," Mr Rudd said.
"The membership of the ALP and the Australian labour movement must once again take control of the party and the movement."
thing is how do you get the grass roots membership to seize control from the unions? It is not the sort of thing that you can do overnight the unions therefore will probably back gillard to the finish this story is a dud