- Posted by Ad astra on August 6, 2009
The Australian today abounds with talk of replacing Malcolm Turnbull as Coalition leader. Dennis Shanahan and Matthew Franklin wrote a piece Desperate Liberals look to replace Turnbull with Robb, and Shanahan has a blog. It's a loser or the last man standing. The sixty comments are pretty evenly divided between support for making a change and leaving Turnbull there as Robb would be no better. Jack the Insider has a blog Turnbull artistry no match for the numbers. He concludes “...that the hard heads in the Coalition will soon reach the view, if they have not already done so, that the continued existence of the Liberal Party depends on a change in leadership.” He did not canvass Robb as an alternative. Most of the 240 respondents, even those with Liberal leanings, agree that a change is necessary. More...