Yeah that was gold, and that it took Turnbull to point out the hypocracy of these so-called conservatives.
Now that even their own Liberal party branch members don’t want these RWNJs representing them, they’re threatening the gov’t, demanding the party executive break those rules they argued for.
No doubt they’ll continue to - living in the Sky News after-dark bubble - ignore this latest evidence that the vast majority of Australian voters disagree with the RWNJs’ views and policies.
If they bow down to his demands then anyone up for preselection in future will blackmail them into selecting them again or they will quit and move to the crossbench and run as an independent.
Paul Murray was in full flight last night regarding all of this and supporting Kelly. He was particularly vitriolic towards Malcolm. Expect him to be in full hysterics and breakdown mode tonight as his precious Liberals continue to implode.
Let’s watch him lose the seat on election night.
What/another pathetic capitulation to the right-wing bullies in the Liberal Party.
The death of democracy in the Liberal Party?
Hopefully you’re right and the voters of Hughes will kick out this obnoxious, anti-fact, fowl-mouthed excuse for a representative.
(Presumably when the gov’t loses the election then it’ll still somehow be Malcolm’s fault that the right-wing toppled him.)
The Sutherland Shire is quite right-wing and conservative (this is the area that brought you the Cronulla Riots), and I would be surprised if they lost the seat based on Craig Kelly’s RWNJness.
This is where it gets blurred. I’d say they are right wing populists, but not what we traditionally think of as “conservative”.
Aspirational bogans
See these are the type of weirdos and freaks that scream blue murder at migrants etc but socially wouldn’t be the extreme Christian right that rail against abortion, sex before marriage etc etc.
Liberal MPs pass after-hours motion to change leadership spill rules
Just like Rudd did after he knifed Gillard. Worked out well for him didn’t it.
Ohh is that what he said? Paul Murray was carrying on like a pork chop about it. The hypocrisy from Murray after he called Banks a suicide bomber and territory and is judging the way others speak.
Who cares? Janet is vile.
In case people don’t know, Janet Albrechtsen, a columnist in The Australian, is the girlfriend of Michael Kroger. Her ex-husband John O’Sullivan, is a good friend of Malcolm Turnbull. She has been highly critical of Turnbull in her columns for years.
Still, bit of slut shaming going on. Appears to have now deleted said tweet.
Not just showing how the Murdoch press are literally in bed with the Liberals?
Thanks for that. Certainly adds about more to it with that background info.
Who could’ve predicted this? (Sarcasm of course.)
All options are available to me - except for leaving the Liberal Party
OK, so then Molan can be ignored (just like safe seat/rusted-on voters)?
Despite all the (legitimate) criticisms of Molan, at least he’s not acting like a terrorist when it comes to his own party (unlike Craig Kelly threatening to bring down the gov’t)?
But instead it looks like the Libs will ask another woman to drop out of contention to give this right wing man a winnable place on the Senate ticket.
The TV ratings year may have ended, but we still have more of this entertaining chaos in the Liberal party. 
I cannot understand the desperation to save Molan.
Fairfax’s (or do we now say Nine’s?) David Crowe needs to stop writing like he’s still working for Murdoch:
The former prime minister has opened three arguments with his successor…
Didn’t Morrison start one of the arguments by misrepresenting the brief he provided to Turnbull?
On the rest of the article; too bad Turnbull didn’t stand up to the LNP RWNJs, including instead he helped keep Kelly & Abbott in parliament, and for at least the last year he just parroted their distortions.
Much as I’m enjoying watching the Libs rip themselves apart, Turnbull should stop trying to rewrite history; you can’t change your legacy after you’re gone. He may have been nobbled from the start - by making promises to the RWNJs - but that was his choice.
The LNP continues shooting themselves in the foot:
“It’s appalling and disgusting that after voting against a banking royal commission 26 times, Scott Morrison and the Liberals now want to make a profit out of it,” shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said.
Of course no one should really be surprised given his past misbehaviours:
Mr Robert is one of Mr Morrison’s closest confidantes and was one of his key numbers men in the August leadership coup.
He was subsequently restored to the ministry despite being sacked by Malcolm Turnbull in 2016 for a secret trip he made to China to promote a mining deal benefiting his close friend and party donor Paul Marks. Mr Robert also indirectly held a stake in Mr Marks’ company.
Since then, it has been revealed Mr Roberts may have breached of the constitution by owning a company which received tens of millions of dollars in company shares. Later, he transferred directorship of the company to his elderly father who said he had no idea about any of his son’s companies.
Following his restoration to the frontbench, Mr Robert repaid $38,000 of “excess usage charges” in home internet bills footed by taxpayers.
He’s the fumbling fool who just keeps on giving (to the opposition, while taking for himself?).
