Rebecca Bligh, stood by herself at the back of the room behind the reporters and TV cameras, quietly watching her caucus colleagues onstage. About 24 hours later, it was official: Bligh was no ...

William Bligh may well be the most maligned man in history. His name has become a byword for cruelty; a tyrant who drove the crew of his ship, HMS Bounty, to such despair that they were forced ...