Littleproud paves the way for Ley-Wilson Wokefest

Canavan was a missed opportunity for the Nationals.

The National Party had a chance to give conservatives a sense of dignity by electing Matt Canavan as their new leader. Instead, we will get more of the same. This will embolden the Liberal left (I can’t believe such a term even exists) against Angus Taylor and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. The worst outcome will be a Sussan Ley-Tim Wilson win tomorrow. I think that will spell the end of the Coalition as we know it.

In the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes wrote:

Bunfight at the OK Tearooms. Yes, that was an episode of The Goodies. But it could just as well be the Liberal party room this morning, when leadership contenders Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley may as well shoot clotted cream and tomato sauce at each other, as neither have any real policy ideas. As stated yesterday, I have no confidence whatsoever in either of them to bind party wounds, start on developing costed and funded sensible centre-right policy nor, indeed, drag the Liberals back to the sensible centre-right zone where most voters tend to congregate if they have a viable choice. Michael de Percy shares my pessimism about Ley at least, especially after Matt Canavan went down to David Littleproud in yesterday’s leadership ballot for the Nationals. My expectation is Ley will just have the numbers, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Tim Wilson, having ruled out a leadership tilt because ‘it’s not my time’ (ie, ‘I don’t have the numbers’) pops up as Ley’s deputy, defeating Jacinta Price. The ultra-ambitious Wilson will hitch himself to a dud if he does that, but that’s his call.

In the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall wrote:

That dream was a dying gasp, nothing more, from a Coalition that has spent all of its time and money listening to people who want it to lose. Sometimes it’s tempting to believe that the Coalition doesn’t want to win. I’ve heard that repeated by our readers. That, like their Victorian state counterparts, they enjoy being curled up in the corner of Parliament like cats with no responsibility and endless free meals. I’m not so sure I believe that anymore. Rather, perhaps the situation is more serious, and the federal Coalition believe their ideas are good and that victory lies in chasing voters to the left. If they win they reach socialism first, they can form government. But who would that be a victory for?

My opinion piece in The Spectator Australia, Littleproud paves the way for Ley-Wilson Wokefest. 

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