It looks like the Coalition are ready to fight back and about time they came up with stratergy to down out all that Gillard crap.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...tt-over-the-line/story-fn59niix-1226520774214
There's absolutely no fire in Malcolm's belly, everything he talks about it seems he's a distant observer, big grin, not an iota of concern on his face over any issue, just way too relaxed.
He doesn't look like leadership material to me in that sense.
The test of whether he's true to his words will be if that changes, and if he directs it fully at the current government.There's absolutely no fire in Malcolm's belly, everything he talks about it seems he's a distant observer, big grin, not an iota of concern on his face over any issue, just way too relaxed.
"When Julia Gillard said, 'There will not be a carbon tax under the government I lead', she made that solemn promise and then, of course, broke it. Now, you know, that has completely poisoned the debate and the Coalition is absolutely right in saying that tax, born out of a broken promise, should be repealed and we are committed to that," he said on Q&A.
The co-operative pact sealed between the two leading Liberals will ease pressure on Abbott's leadership and reinforce the Coalition's polling advantage over the Gillard government.
Maybe the Liberal Party Machine could do worse than employ Kerry O'Brien for an intensive 2 or 3 week thrashing for Tony.
Show him what a flogging is really like when someone doesn't like you.LOL
It certainly taught Howard how to remain calm and present the issues, without being distracted by the presenter.
There's absolutely no fire in Malcolm's belly, everything he talks about it seems he's a distant observer, big grin, not an iota of concern on his face over any issue, just way too relaxed.
He doesn't look like leadership material to me in that sense.
ill take him above everyone else in the party atm
MALCOLM Turnbull has sheathed his leadership sword and become a solid member of the Liberal team working towards the election of an Abbott Coalition government next year.
The former Liberal leader is making it clear there will be no challenge for the leadership before the next election and that his aim is to be a senior, influential member of the Coalition cabinet should Tony Abbott win government.
After months of co-operation between the former opposition leader and the man who replaced him after the party division over the carbon emissions trading scheme in 2009, a new stability and certainty is emerging within the senior Coalition ranks
:iagree:So will I. But he will have to play the waiting game.
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With his first stint as leader, he showed he wasn't ready.
Now, he needs to demontrate he can be an effective team player before he can lead again.
The major difference I see between Turnbull and Abbott is that Abbott is 100% committed to the Liberal Party.
Turnbull is 100% committed to whatever will most benefit Malcolm Turnbull.
So far he has been unable to resist floating his own boat in various comments to the media, subtly undermining the Party message on various policies. He has to stop this.
If he can be a team player, if he were to replace Joe Hockey as shadow Treasurer, and if he could sound as though he means it when he says he's completely behind Abbott as leader, that will help them get over the line.
Bit of a worry, though, when you have to keep the party leader as much out of sight and sound as possible.
The public perception is that Gillard has prevailed over Abbott in the war of the sexes. The Americans have a term for Mr Abbott. He is "pussy whipped."
Abbott's recent attempts to re-define himself as a "metro man" won't help. It just reinforces the "pussy whipped' image.
All men who cross Gillard's path, whether opponents or lovers, end up "pussy whipped." That includes Rudd, whom she reduced to tears.
I must say though that the entire Labor front bench is "pussy whipped"
Look at that pathetic excuse for a man Craig Emmerson, what a goose and he has a front bench position ?
Simon Crean........please..........
Even tough guy Peter Garret looks beaten.
Bill ( I agree with the Prime Minister though I dont know what she said)Shorten, wimp.
Anthony Albanese - spluttering idiot
No wonder they cant get anything right.
The ferocious end-of-year attack over the affair - in which the Coalition was unable to prove allegations of illegal behaviour by Ms Gillard but still demanded she resign - coincides with Mr Abbott's disapproval rate climbing to 63 per cent, a record for him and the second highest in Nielsen poll history.
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After a year dominated by political scandal, Mr Abbott's approval rating fell 2 points to 34 per cent in the poll, taken from Thursday to Saturday, and his disapproval rating rose 3 points.
Once again, the attack rebounded on Abbott. Asked whether they approved of each leader's handling of the matter, voters gave Gillard a net positive rating of seven and Abbott a net negative rating of 40.
Even Abbott's voter base seemed to have found the attack unedifying. A plurality of Coalition voters disapproved of Abbott's handling of the affair, with a net finding against him of minus five
Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan has branded Tony Abbott "a thug" as a new opinion poll shows the Opposition Leader's standing with voters at its lowest point.
While the coalition remains in a strong election-winning position, Mr Abbott is the second most unpopular opposition leader in the 40-year history of the Nielsen poll.
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