"Fantastic. Great Move. Well Done..." Angus Taylor - how long (until he's well done)?

[geoffjennings79]

Too soon. Maybe a reference to Hastie in the title? And does Jane Hume need a thread too?!

 

[Sqotty from office works]

He's got no hope.
Backed by Abbott, what a curse
It took 30 minutes to clarify numbers.
How the hell could they run an economy

 

[geoffjennings79]

It took 30 minutes to clarify numbers.
How the hell could they run an economy

Well, their whip only has 10 fingers, so had to grab a few mates and an abacus.

 

[Golden_6]

12 months until someone knifes him ahead of the next Federal election.

 

[Carn The Berries]

12 months until someone knifes him ahead of the next Federal election.

I was suspicious that Hastie took his hat out of the ring so early.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there is another leadership change within this election cycle, and it may come from inside the hard-right tent.

 

[krakouers]

12 months until someone knifes him ahead of the next Federal election.

Hastie would be relishing this

 

[Bont2Bruce]

12 months until someone knifes him ahead of the next Federal election.

Is Sun Tzu's Art of War the source of the adage, "never interrupt your enemies while they are making mistakes"?

That book is in mint condition, nobody has even opened the front cover yet.

 

[RedOrWhite]

Watching all this unfold and being like......

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

My money would be on him being gone within two years. I can't see how he'd possibly get the primary vote back over 30. And now he'll have Hastie and Price front and centre, desperately trying to out-One Nation ON.

Plus we have Ley and her backers next move to consider. They have taken a hard-line conservative stance on every major issue since the 2025 election. Will there be a mass exodus?

 

[CURVE]

He is a dud, and incompetent fool who knows little about the economy, but is going to build his leadership around economic policy. Good Luck Angus.

Hopefully he lasts until the next election and then we can all watch as he bangs in the final nail of the Liberal coffin.

 

[Millky95]

Too soon. Maybe a reference to Hastie in the title? And does Jane Hume need a thread too?!

Fantastic. Great move. Well done, Angus needs to be in the title

 

[Drought Break]

He is a dud, and incompetent fool who knows little about the economy, but is going to build his leadership around economic policy. Good Luck Angus.

Hopefully he lasts until the next election and then we can all watch as he bangs in the final nail of the Liberal coffin.

well he does have a bachelor of economics and bachelor of law then won a Rhodes Scholarship, and elected to study a Master of Philosophy in Economics at New College, Oxford. i would say he would have a fair idea on economic policy's.

 

[QuietB]

How we got here;

• Abbott was PM.
• Turnbull challenged, won and he was PM
• Dutton challenged Turnbull but could not count
• Morrison pounced and shafted all of them - became PM
• After being unpalatable the first time Dutton was finally given his chance - elected unopposed
• Dutton crashed and burned
• Ley defeated Angus Taylor for the leadership after Dutton's resignation
• Ley crashed and burned
• After being 2nd best the first time and not good enough all the other times Taylor now gets his chance.

Every single one of them has been there the entire time since Abbott.

So by my counting that makes Angus Taylor the Liberals 6th best option.

And options 1-5 were universally considered disasters.

What a rabble.

 

[CURVE]

well he does have a bachelor of economics and bachelor of law then won a Rhodes Scholarship, and elected to study a Master of Philosophy in Economics at New College, Oxford. i would say he would have a fair idea on economic policy's.

I know, but he was also the Shadow Treasurer at the last election and proved himself to be bereft of ideas and out of his league against Chalmers.

I have no faith in him.

Also, Tony Abbott is a Rhodes Scholar as well and how did he do?

I can only think of one Rhodes Scholar in my life time that made a good PM and that was Hawke.

 

[CURVE]

How we got here;

• Abbott was PM.
• Turnbull challenged, won and he was PM
• Dutton challenged Turnbull but could not count
• Morrison pounced and shafted all of them - became PM
• After being unpalatable the first time Dutton was finally given his chance - elected unopposed
• Dutton crashed and burned
• Ley defeated Angus Taylor for the leadership after Dutton's resignation
• Ley crashed and burned
• After being 2nd best the first time and not good enough all the other times Taylor now gets his chance.

Every single one of them has been there the entire time since Abbott.

So by my counting that makes Angus Taylor the Liberals 6th best option.

And options 1-5 were universally considered disasters.

What a rabble.

Was Ley really bad?

The coalition was definitely a rabble, but that was of Dutton’s making, and I feel she wasn’t given a real opportunity to succeed. To many Vultures circling and waiting to pounce.

 

[Falconista]

I'll go the early crow, when finished, Taylor will be down with Morrison, Downer and McMahon as the worst leaders the party has had (if not the very worst).

 

[QuietB]

Was Ley really bad?

The coalition was definitely a rabble, but that was of Dutton’s making, and I feel she wasn’t given a real opportunity to succeed. To many Vultures circling and waiting to pounce.

No one can succeed in the current Liberal Party.

The only way the party can succeed is to win back urban seats. The only way they can do that is to move back towards the centre - which means moving left. And that is not allowed. Ever.

Ley was on a hiding to nothing. The Liberals have done an election review and the powers that be will not even allow it to be released. I have no doubt the review is critical of Angus Taylor who was invisible in the election campaign. And now he is leader.

I don't think Ley was great. All we got was the standard liberal lines of Labor is terrible, everything is bad, everything is wrong, only I can save you but I cannot tell you how.

One of my favourite liberal lines was when Pyne responded to a question with "it's a surprise". The Liberals for one reason or another have adopted that as their mission statement.

Anyway, the boys are back in town. What cold go wrong

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

well he does have a bachelor of economics and bachelor of law then won a Rhodes Scholarship, and elected to study a Master of Philosophy in Economics at New College, Oxford. i would say he would have a fair idea on economic policy's.

So did Hewson and he still lost the economics debates with Paul Keating although he's policies weren't that unreasonable TBF. Keating was just a beast to debate against.

 

[Bont2Bruce]

Was Ley really bad?

The coalition was definitely a rabble, but that was of Dutton’s making, and I feel she wasn’t given a real opportunity to succeed. To many Vultures circling and waiting to pounce.

What she said would happen under her leadership was a deep review into the lost election. The nationals did their best to distract and prevent that, to the point that I'm not aware that it ever got finished. That's on Ley.

 

[geoffjennings79]

Fantastic. Great move. Well done, Angus needs to be in the title

Was thinking that earlier, thanks. Now updated.

 

[Golden_6]

Taylor reminds of some generic middle management pleb in a Big 4 firm.

He's incredibly uncharasmatic and can barely string two sentences together. That's not to say he's dumb, but he certainly isn't intelligent. The definition of falling upwards.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I hope this lasts as long as possible, because there's likely more hilarious incompetence in store!

 

[Crankyhawk]

still think title needs a cooking reference at the end of how long..

edit and I tip he is chucked about 4 months out from the election for Hastie.

 

[geoffjennings79]

still think title needs a cooking reference at the end of how long..

Seems a bit unwieldy now, happy to take suggestions though!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Strong moves already happening.

Number of flags at press conferences now up to six. Who knows what could come of this