As they say - it takes one to know one. How come Latham even manages to get media exposure, nowadays? - seeing as he's a has-been - is currently a nobody - and he has a record of contribution and beneficiation to Australia, that could be written on the flyleaf of the worlds smallest book.
He writes of Whitlam (his mentor, I might add - and little wonder that Lathan turned out as useless), recounting that; "the Labor leader had told him that one of the purposes of his office, as an ex-prime minister, was "to milk the system", and take full advantage of publicly funded entitlements ..."
Latham has done little more than follow Whitlams principles - engineer a political post via dubious methods (with even one of his closest Union mates in his Branch, telling a media reptile - "He's a right BAR-stard!") and then doing little to benefit the country once in power.
(Repeat the term "BAR-stard" slowly, with increased accent on the first syllable, and enunciated with malice, and you'll get the idea ... )
Latham is little more than a thug, a standover merchant, a bully, and a man of little principle.
A "roight narsty piece of werk" as a Pommy friend might put it. Latham not only suffers from Pancreas problems - he also suffers from a nasty case of SOL.
His comments aren't worth taking any notice of - because he specialises in vitriol and denigration, as his primary weapons, to try and make up for a lack of character and a diminutive ego. There are many more of his type in existence - and Gordon Ramsay immediately comes to mind.