redandblack wrote:We've seen so many articles about a change of leadership in the Labor Party.
We've seen nothing about a change of Liberal leadership.
My original comment in this thread suggested that Mr Abbott might be in trouble if the polls continued to narrow and now the latest Newspoll has it down to 53/47. This is still a very comfortable win for the Opposition, but Mr Abbott's disapproval is a record 57% and he leads the PM by only 1% as preferred PM.
The PM's ratings, although improving, are still diabolical, but somehow I think Mr Abbott is in a more tenuous position, unless the current trend is reversed.
At the very least, the idea that the voters are overwhelmingly against the Government is no longer true.
The main point of conflict against Tony Abbott is that he is Catholic and not nominally but a keen member of it. I am not a Catholic and dont agree with many things that the Catholic church do, yet I dont think that being involved in the Catholic Church should preclude anyone from being the Prime Minister of leader of a political party, I do think that is discrimination.
Still, its also fair to say that the needs of the party come before the needs of the incumbent leader, if someone else can do a better job then perhaps they should have a look at it. Much like the ALP though I dont feel there is a great deal left in the tank to draw from, Turnbull appears to have several enemies and would likely lead a splintered party. Joe Hockey does not seem to have a great following. The Liberal party would be better advised to look at promoting some new blood into the ranks. Andrew Laming is one name who is more popular with a younger generation of liberals who could well be someone who could be a potential future leader, providing they dont do what the ALP did with Latham and pick the fruit before it is actually ripe.