Irreverent Labor staffers have coined a new nickname for Kevin Rudd: Angry Santa.
It stemmed from the increasingly frequent appearances by the bearded Rudd from his Queensland home, during which he has either fulminated against the Murdoch media, or offered advice on how to mend the toxic relationship with China.
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