Next Liberal leader - 2025

[dumb]

seems like jacinta asked angus to do the maths on his leadership vote before she committed to jumping across

 

[CakeEater]

seems like jacinta asked Mathias Cormann to do the maths on his leadership vote before she committed to jumping across

Efa

 

[Happy Mastenator]

If she leads them to a general election I’d be very surprised.

Oh, there's no way they can help themselves, they'll get rid of her in the most messy way possible, further alienating women, then be surprised when they get thumped again.

 

[Seeds]

The Liberal Party isn't as stupid as I thought.

I thought for sure they were going to move even further to the right with Taylor/Price, but they've chosen two moderates, and one of them is a woman!

Imo the only way they win another election is if they change their approach to climate policy to win back the teal-held seats. Will be interesting to see if they dump nuclear.

Taylor aint further to the right. He was backed by the right side of the party but he is far more centrist then he lets on. More so then both dutton and morrison and far more intelligent (not thats saying much). Thats why he has so much problems justifying the crazy right policies and looks like an idiot when forced to.

 

[Gough]

With Ted O'Brien as her deputy, the odds are that they won't dump their nuclear policy. They'll take it off the table for a bit to tweak it behind the scenes, but O'Brien has been a long-time proponent of nuclear being part of Australia's energy supply mix, so I'm positive it'll be back on the table before the next election.

Suicide. With another three and possibly six years of development of renewables coupled with the lag time to build the reactors they'll be laughed out of the room.

 

[Seeds]

Obrien being the deputy is bad news given his nuclear agenda.

But by the next election the economics of nuclear will be even worse compared to renewables. So it hopefully wont matter.

 

[sherb]

The Liberal Party isn't as stupid as I thought.

Give them time.

 

[Festerz]

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I would probably say the known problem about losing the centre was the defining characteristic in the vote going for Ley. Even though ideologically most Libs would be aligned with Taylor they know Ley is more electable, and certainly Taylor allying with Price would have scared them off. Jeez even Dutton’s jaw dropped when Price dropped the MAGA line. While a lot of Liberal MPs may be sympathetic toward MAGA I think they realise that’s an election losing position so Price is untenable. Also a lot of resentment about how a less than 3 years in Parliament Senator who only joined the Liberals this week is the one Taylor wants to be Deputy leader, which would have harmed Taylor’s bid too.

Yes they keep saying Price has overwhelming popularity. I'd just love to know: with whom?

I'm guessing not with the Liberal party room, some of whom have mentioned how stifled they felt during the campaign, while she was allowed to do whatever she felt like. I'm sure there's also resentment in her post-election actions, positioning herself for the Deputy Leadership a week after joining the party and only three years after arriving in Parliament.

Certainly not with the Nationals.

Not with the centre that they're wanting to win over.

So it's just Sky News watchers and One Nation voters that they want to win back?

 

[kalex6251]

I can see Ley getting the vote and then white anted from day 1

all the while - hastie plays the preacher man game and lets warring factions destroy each other over the coming years ..... then humbly offers himself up as the consensus candidate closer to the election

these bible bashing god botherers are all the same

 

[QuietB]

Her first major policy announcement will be renaming the country Ausstralia.

 

[Ticky009]

lolz

 

[QuietB]

If she leads them to a general election I’d be very surprised.

The first thing they need to moderate the pre-selection candidates. At least they have a small chance of that now.

 

[QuietB]

With Ted O'Brien as her deputy, the odds are that they won't dump their nuclear policy. They'll take it off the table for a bit to tweak it behind the scenes, but O'Brien has been a long-time proponent of nuclear being part of Australia's energy supply mix, so I'm positive it'll be back on the table before the next election.

Ted O'Briens insistence that Labor resolve nuclear waste storage for the liberals own policy was one of the most ill-thought political wedges I can remember. Surely he is not the answer to any question worth asking?

 

[undefined]

Obrien being the deputy is bad news given his nuclear agenda.

But by the next election the economics of nuclear will be even worse compared to renewables. So it hopefully wont matter.

It really depends on the modelling you're reading in to. CSIRO's or what the Liberals commissioned.

 

[undefined]

lolz

Geez, that's brilliant. You're up, Betoota

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

 

[Happy Mastenator]

 

[Gough]

This is going to be a problem for her which it shouldn't be when christianity as every bit as crazy as numerology but I suspect Ley will come to regret coughing to that.

 

[Not Important]

an observer’s take. we live in interesting times.

“So Sussan Ley becomes Liberal leader by a 4 vote margin, relying on the votes of 3 Liberals who will no longer be in the Senate after the end of June. There will also be a new Liberal Senator who is aligned to Angus Taylor once the new term begins. Watch this space ”

 

[QuietB]

an observer’s take. we live in interesting times.

“So Sussan Ley becomes Liberal leader by a 4 vote margin, relying on the votes of 3 Liberals who will no longer be in the Senate after the end of June. There will also be a new Liberal Senator who is aligned to Angus Taylor once the new term begins. Watch this space ”

Meanwhile Andrew Hastie dines with Gina and Kerry weekly while this shitshow unfolds.

 

[Not Important]

Meanwhile Andrew Hastie dines with Gina and Kerry weekly while this shitshow unfolds.

a bit surprised he didn’t throw his hat into the ring, i guess the numbers weren’t there.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Ley/O'Brien - the least worst scenario?

If you want the Liberals to be a viable party, yes. If you wanted the maximum meme potential, no. Well Done Angus plus the Australian Candace Owens would have been glorious.

Oh well, at least Ley is a bit nuts herself.

 

[Tadpole]

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They’ll head to the next election with no policies again, because they’ve spent all their time adding an extra letter to every word in their documents and haven’t got them finished in time.

 

[Tadpole]

It’d be more appropriate to remove the “g”.