It's all come to a head, and Abbott is at war. Out to destroy the man who turfed him out of the lodge. Bitter and twisted. Like a brat throwing a tantrum. If he can't have the prime minister-ship then neither can Turnbull.
On the precedents, as all the players know, there would seem zip chance that the origin of this leak will be traced. It looks so obviously political that finding it could make things worse.
The subs story follows Abbott’s Tuesday high-profile partyroom intervention in the tax debate, when he warned against changes, especially to negative gearing, and said there should be a fresh effort to cut spending.
One close-in observer says: “Today’s story has nothing to do with submarines – it has everything to do with Abbott turning into Rudd”.
A Liberal MP sees him as motivated by hatred of Turnbull and going “full bore” to try to destroy the man who destroyed him. “This guy is going to blow up the place,” he says. Another Liberal parliamentarian describes Abbott’s latest action as a “huge strategic blunder” by the former leader.
The question now is how far Abbott is willing to go in his attacks on Turnbull – whether this has turned into a crusade for which the government will pay an increasingly high price in an election year.
The cost to Abbott will also spiral if he persists – but what frightens some Liberals is that he may not care. The Conversation
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