In what will come as a surprise to basically no one at all, weird-looking unit Peter Dutton has confirmed in an interview with 3AW that he is pulling together support for another crack at the leadership of the Liberal Party. This follows the failed coup yesterday, which led to his resignation from the frontbench.
Speaking to Neil Mitchell, Dutton confirmed that he is “working the phones” to get the numbers for another challenge. It was a narrow loss yesterday, and The Australian reports a number of MPs were caught by surprise and would vote for Dutton in a fresh spill.
Well, Mr Dutton just made his intentions VERY clear.
He tells Neil that if he gets the numbers, he’ll challenge again.
NEIL: “Are you working the phones?”
DUTTON: “Of course I am, I am speaking to colleagues.” https://t.co/GBA3jvmOkd
— 3AW Melbourne (@3AW693) August 21, 2018
Because the country has gone completely insane and basically everything is happening at once, there are also reports from Ray Hadley on 2GB that Scott Morrison is also circling the leadership, with the intention of making Dutton his deputy if he won.
BREAKING | Ray Hadley reveals Scott Morrison is attempting to put a ticket together with Peter Dutton to run against Malcolm Turnbull, with Dutton as his deputy. #auspol #libspill
Details: https://t.co/tDUO4WFHIL pic.twitter.com/kOD6vCwrKO
— 2GB Sydney (@2GB873) August 21, 2018
So who knows what the fuck is happening, quite frankly.
Since the spill yesterday, Dutton has been furiously hitting the skids trying to look like someone who actually has a soul rather than the cruel administrator of our brutal border regime. This morning he’s given policy a go – floating the instantly absurd idea of dropping the GST on power prices for pensioners and families.
One thing we can definitely ascertain is this: Turnbull’s goose is cooked. His lone remaining option appears to be to retire to Point Piper with his mansion, speedboats and hundreds of millions of dollars. Which doesn’t sound all that bad, to be honest.
We’ll keep you posted.
