I've seen some pretty stupid things done in politics over the decades, but this absolutely must take the cake. It shows how completely disconnected the Lieberals are from Australian society. How else could one explain such an act of political suicide? They'll end up destroying the whole brand for years and years. Stunningly illogical.
Needless to say the commentary now appearing in the MSM reflects equal shock as me. Almost complete bewilderment. So very very fucked up and stupid.
Tony Abbott's leadership has suffered a massive blow - inevitably one that will prove fatal to his leadership.
It is no longer a case of if but when.
A sizeable 39 per cent of his parliamentary team has declared it has no confidence in its leader, the country's Prime Minister.
The message to voters who were already walking away in droves is "you're right to go, he's not up to it".
But there's an even more damaging number to consider if you're Abbott. Assuming his 41-strong ministry and party whips held together and voted in favour of the leadership (as Abbott and his backers demanded they must by convention), then near enough to 60 per cent of his backbench has abandoned him.
And from that devastating reality, one can conclude that if ministers had been granted a genuinely free vote, Abbott would have already lost.
His confidence in the party room is shot to pieces.
Abbott must now front the Parliament today and sell a dubious hamfisted program, already blocked in the Senate, as if his government is on top of its game and entirely united in purpose. In short, he must act as if nothing has happened. But it has, and Abbott and the world know it. more
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