Jessica Rudd revealed her delight at Daily Telegraph's 'Thommo's Heroes' front page Anthony Albanese as Sgt Schultz, Craig Thomson as Colonel Hogan and Kevin Rudd as Colonel Klink The Daily Telegraph's depiction of Kevin Rudd as Colonel Klink has won a style point of approval from his daughter Jessica. The Prime Minister's daughter said she had a "long held belief" her "Dad would rock a monocle." Rudd appeared, with one eye glass, on the Tele's front page today with drinking buddies Anthony Albanese as Sergeant Schultz, and former Labor MP Craig Thomson as Hogan. Ms Rudd, who is planning a trip with her daughter Josephine, 1, to the Royal Queensland Show, the Ekka, took to Twitter about the coverage of Mr Thomson's drinks meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister. "Thanks to the Daily Tele, my long held belief has been confirmed: Dad would rock a monocle," she wrote. She late responded "Like!" to a follower who asked "Will Tele have a stand at the Ekka photo shopping other peoples Dads? I'd like to see mine with a Boonie "mo." Jessica Rudd reckons a monocle would look great on her dad, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Picture: Brad Hunter Source: DailyTelegraph Her intervention provided some light-hearted relief as Labor's party reform came under fire when PM Rudd admitted he was clueless his deputy had been drinking with Craig Thomson. Former ALP national president Warren Mundine called Anthony Albanese's drink with Mr Thomson "indefensible." Mr Thomson, a former Labor MP, is facing 173 fraud charges - some involving the use of his union credit card on prostitutes. He denies any wrongdoing. Amid the fallout from yesterday's exclusive Daily Telegraph photograph of the two men drinking together, Mr Mundine let fly about Mr Rudd's party reforms, his campaign and electoral chances. Hold the front page! Albo likes a beer after work. Anthony Albanese yesterday shrugged off criticism of his meeting with Craig Thomson. Picture: Stephen Cooper Source: DailyTelegraph "He hasn't turned into the Messiah that is going to save the party from electoral defeat," Mr Mundine said. Anthony Albanese and Craig Thomson. Labor's bid to sell Tuesday's 25-point interest rate cut as an economic positive was "spin," Mr Mundine said. He then suggested Mr Rudd needed to deliver "real reform" for the economy and the party. "The lowering of the rate ... was positive for the government, but at the same time we all know why the lowering was there is because the economy is struggling," said Mr Mundine, who was overlooked by Labor for a Senate spot last year. Mr Albanese and Mr Thomson met at the Bavarian Bier Cafe in York St, Sydney, on Tuesday night. Both men have described the meeting as a social catch-up. Mr Mundine said: "Here is the Deputy Prime Minister - of a political party that has gone out of its way to expel this bloke from the party - and here they are saying that they are reforming the party, the very things that Craig Thomson represents, and here he is. Mate or not, this is completely indefensible. The meeting opened Labor up to opposition claims that the pair could have discussed possible deals in case Labor needed Mr Thomson's vote in another hung parliament. Coalition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said: "Fake Kevin Rudd says, on the one hand, we're cleaning things up and, on the other hand, he is doing secret deals to try and run a minority government now and into the future." Mr Rudd said it was not his business who his deputy decided to drink with. "I do many things in life but supervising the drinking activities of my ministerial colleagues is not one of them," Mr Rudd said. His office would not answer detailed questions about whether Mr Rudd knew of the meeting before Tuesday night or if he had asked what had been discussed. A spokesman said Mr Rudd had nothing further to add. Yesterday Mr Thomson insisted it was an innocent drink after the two former party colleagues ran into each other. He said they did not discuss preference deals in Mr Thomson's knife-edge seat of Dobell on the Central Coast. Nor did they discuss Mr Thomson returning to the ALP. "I'm not wooable," Mr Thomson told The Daily Telegraph. It was a completely innocent beer. There is no conspiracy theory here. Albo had met my parents before and I said I was in town going to see my dad for his birthday and he just checked to see how my parents were going, given the circumstances. He said he would decide on his how-to-vote preferences once nominations closed on Thursday next week. Labor is struggling to find a candidate for Dobell after failing to endorse the only preselection candidate, Trevor Drake, a former Liberal; former Rudd staffer Andrew Charlton declined Labor overtures. Mr Albanese said Mr Thomson was not a close friend of his but added that he often ran into colleagues at bars around the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices. Albo likes a beer after work," the Deputy Prime Minister said. Opposition Senate leader Eric Abetz questioned how the pair could drink together given Mr Thomson's legal team was suing Labor, claiming state secretary Sam Dastyari had pledged to pay his costs. "What is the Deputy Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, doing consorting in a Sydney bar with disgraced MP Craig Thomson?" he asked. At the same time as the Deputy Prime Minister is drinking with Mr Thomson, Mr Thomson's lawyer, Chris McArdle, is suing the NSW Labor Party.