So you are blaming it on the weather gronk?
No, I don’t actually agree with the NYT in so far as our PM kerfuffle is bc of climate change.
It’s because leadership in the LNP (and up to recently the LP) can be changed on a dime. The LP changed the way they elect a leader as it now needs to go to the full vote of all labor party members, not just the vote of 70 people. This is what is happening now.
The nationals and the libs are a rabble with ideologies at polar opposites. This spill is because of a revolt by the conservatives vs the moderates. The days of Menzies and Howard saying that they were a broad church are over. The right have taken over the LNP by gun point. What is crazy is that polls have Turnbull as the preferred PM by a country mile. Way ahead of Shorten. Way ahead of Dutton. Yet since Mal won the last election, the conservatives have been plotting against him. This has effected his ability to govern and run a tight ship. As the last week will show, Mal tries to placate the factions and then when he does, they then label him a back flipper. You can’t win against those who are focused on revenge over policy and representing their voters.
Anyway, it seems that Bill will be PM by a landslide, so I’m fine with that. He’s a bit if a Homer Simpson, but at least he will also be a moderate and not do crazy shit.
After the dust settles merkins will be looking at Abbott and wondering what this was all about. The answer is just revenge at the cost of everything.
