I hate to say it, but the Nats need to split

David Littleproud has decided to split the Nationals from the Coalition. My prophetic article below.

The wets in the Liberal Party have gone full Woke. They have destroyed the most successful political party in Australian history. If the Liberals had held true to Sir Robert’s vision for the Forgotten People, the Liberal Party would not have forgotten them like the United Australia Party did in 1940s.

The fractured conservative vote of the last election would not have occurred to the same extent if the Liberal Party had spoken to its base. I don’t care what self-professed psephologists say, there were so many of my conservative colleagues who wanted to punish the Liberal Party for abandoning them that, against all my hoping, the election outcome was a fait accompli.

In the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall wrote:

The Liberal Party seems to be having some sort of mid-life identity crisis, talking about going off to ‘rediscover’ itself in the wilderness of opposition. Under the leadership of Sussan Ley, the blue ribbon that held Australian conservatism together isn’t quite sure what it stands for, if it stands for anything, except it doesn’t like any of the policies put forward by its (former) Coalition partner. That would be the partner that performed better than it did at the federal election. It’s no wonder the Nationals are fed up and walked off in a huff. Sure, the Liberals will be free to snaffle up all the Shadow Cabinet seats and draft whatever Labor-lite, Tealish policies it likes, but it will also be free to make a real mess of itself as it puts the revered ‘values’ statement in the shredder.

My prophetic article in The Spectator Australia, I hate to say it, but the Nats need to split.

The wets in the Liberal Party have gone full Woke. They have destroyed the most successful political party in Australian history.

Australia’s pursuit of Net Zero is a farce.

As much as it pains me to say it, the Nationals must ditch the Liberal Party.https://t.co/E1gTl0PyaB

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 20, 2025

It’s time to kick up a stink

Left wing clowns complain and disrupt all the time. Now it's our turn.

Conservatives should become activists for their cause

If there’s one thing the left are good at, it’s in kicking up a stink when they don’t get their way. Now it’s our turn.

It’s clear the Coalition have abandoned conservatives. They’ll be joining Labor in the energy vandalism that is driving up prices. Chris Bowen has emerged from under his rock and he’ll be moralising about all the grifters he’s enabling. The NSW Liberals will love it.

Conservatives need to get their activism credentials up and running. If they don’t like being activists, then they need to put their money where their mouths are.

In the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes wrote:

Michael de Percy’s Flat White article, highlighting how bleak the world now is for Australians of a conservative disposition, also raises another reality that we on the right of centre must confront. The political axis has moved decidedly left, and the Left’s ideologues, activists and agitators are now the Establishment, and we the radical outsiders. How we retake the citadel needs to focus us not just for the next three years, but the next three decades. We are right, they are wrong – but they control most of the means of communication, education, and socialisation. Acknowledging this reality is not a call to surrender: it’s an exhortation to rise and fight, with both our heads and our hearts!

My opinion piece in The Spectator Australia, It’s time to kick up a stink.

MICHAEL DE PERCY | "If there’s one thing the left are good at, it’s in kicking up a stink when they don’t get their way. Now it’s our turn."

Conservatives can - and should - be activists.https://t.co/VCEBctsy0O

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 17, 2025

The Great Liberal Split of 2025

Angus Taylor and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price were the Liberal Party's last hope.

Today will go down in history as the beginning of the end for the Liberals. Why would you bother voting for them when you can just vote Labor? At least Labor wins elections.

This has nothing to do with gender, and it is all about the dysfunctional NSW Liberals. Indeed, Angus Taylor might be in serious trouble if the last exclusive in the Daily Telegraph is anything to go by.

Conservatives are now starved for choice. There is a clear divide between One Nation and Gerard Rennick supporters. Calls for a conservative unity ticket are misguided – the Liberal Party was that very unity ticket that conservatives are now dreaming of.

In the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall wrote:

I don’t know about you, but I’m electioned out. So, today’s related comments are brief. Sussan Ley beat Angus Taylor for the Liberal leadership yesterday by not much. She is the first female Liberal federal leader: good for her. But her leadership debut was underwhelming, and her quarter-century as an MP doesn’t reveal what absolute convictions she holds. I give her till Christmas next year – at the latest – to shape up the Liberals and get some real centre-right policy out there to prove to anti-Labor voters there’s hope. Otherwise, Taylor and the ambitious likes of hyper-confident Tim Wilson will be breathing hard down her neck. Then again, the thing about having low expectations about someone is that can clear them fairly easily. I doubt she can do even that, but Michael de Percy is even more blunt about her election and what it means.

My opinion piece in The Spectator Australia, The Great Liberal Split of 2025.

Michael de Percy: "Today will go down in history as the beginning of the end for the Liberals."

Turnbull and Morrison's lurch to the left and support for energy vandalism is largely responsible for the unravelling of Menzies’ legacy.https://t.co/yBZBO7sFqN

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 13, 2025