RE: Big Doings Down Under
June 29, 2013 at 8:42 am
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2013 at 8:54 am by Justtristo.)
(June 29, 2013 at 8:36 am)Aractus Wrote: You're incorrect about Turnbull and Abbott. Turnbull believed in introducing an ETS, the majority of Liberal MP's did not, and as such he wasn't able to fairly represent the party's decision on that issue, instead trying to lead by of his leadership. Abbott only won by 1 vote, but it had nothing to do with opinion polls and I'll be the first to say that I do believe that Turnbull is more popular with the public.
I don't deny Turnbull supporting the ETS contributed to his downfall as leader of the Liberal Party, I would see as the icing on the cake. However the run of poor opinion polls for the Coalition was I believe was the underlying factor.
Come to think of it, the main reason why Rudd was deposed first time around, was because Rudd was not a good team player. A Prime Minister (especially a Labor one), by being the leader of a political party's caucus in Parliament needs to be a good team player. The run of bad opinion polls gave those aggravated by Rudd's leadership style to excuse they needed.
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