What new government?

The Prime Minister and his minions continue to justify their desire to race into a quickie election � in the middle of a historic corruption scandal � on the grounds that, as a new government, they need a new "mandate." Please. New governments are sworn in after an election, not before. The replacement of one Prime Minister with another, or a few of the first's friends with a few of the second's, is not a new government. It's just a cabinet shuffle that happened to include the Prime Minister.