‘Bullied’ Gillard under fire for knitting pose

Last year in Colombia there were 10 political assassinations. Routine targets include trade unionists and student activists. It is a country scourged by kidnappings and violence.

But one Columbian media outlet has looked abroad and expressed sympathy for Australia’s Julia Gillard, who it has anointed the “most bullied minister in the world”.

According to Semana (‘Week’) magazine, she is a “victim of machismo”.