There's nothing like a gov bleeding to death from the top, and that's exactly what's happening now for the Canberra Lieberals. Another major gaff from the PM, this time in knighting bloody gaff prone Prince Philip who's not even an Australian. The feathers are a flying and the party is any thing but partying. In fact it looks like they're starting to rip themselves to bits.
The calls for Abbott to step down have now reached the point where party members are openly speculating in the media of who could replace him. Not that there's anyone that could, they're all as bad as each other the lot of them.
The MP said the decision to knight Prince Philip, in an apparent violation of Mr Abbott's own pledge that knights and dames would be for pre-eminent Australians, was a "total disaster".Once it reaches this point it's almost impossible to come back from. The media feeds on it and the gov spirals into chaos, paralysed by the leadership issue. You've only got to look at Gillard and Rudd to see that. But this is much worse. I'd assert the anger is bottled up in Lieberal ranks and so far hasn't found a resolution. Labor is much better at resolving things like this than the Lieberals. They just seem to stick with the same person no matter what.
"He's doing whatever the hell he wants in a self-indulgent fashion and everyone is deeply embarrassed," the MP said.
"Liberals are turning on Tony Abbott. There's a changing climate, things are very serious, they're progressing and progressing very fast."
The MP said Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was a likely option to replace Mr Abbott but other candidates are possible in the current climate. Mr Abbott is not facing the imminent threat of a challenge. more
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