Fitzgibbon: union bosses have too much power over leadership Julia Gillard on the leadership showdown: It was definitely finished yesterday. It's over and we're moving on. It's over? Moving on? Someone forgot to tell Joel Fitzgibbon, who may have had to quit as Chief Whip but isn't shutting up: Fitzgibbon on his Labor colleagues: ...unfortunately they decided to stick with the Prime Minister. No denial there, either, of the proposition that the Prime Minister would rather lose the next election than step down. Fitzgibbon adds that too many colleagues in the leadership confrontation are under the control of union bosses: We're still operating on a 100-year-old architecture in the Labor Party where many people are influenced by outside forces. They are not their own people. They're influenced in what they do by other people and that has a big impact on leadership challenges... Some of these people are influenced by outside forces and that includes trade unions. And a Gillard supporter contemplates the consequence: Special Minister of State Gary Gray spoke to Howard Sattler after Kevin Rudd decided against running for the leadership position and Julia Gillard was confirmed at Prime Minister by the Labor caucus. Mr Gray said if an election was called tomorrow he would lose his seat of Brand. Thanks to readers Jules and CA.