Singalong with Barnaby while he waits another seven days as his National Party mates “talk to the public” and get feedback before holding a ballot on his future.

There's nothing like speculation about a leadership challenge to drive journalists into a frenzy. I notice this afternoon that our press gallery brethren, like me, have decided to adopt Daily Mail website rules and start quoting each other as sources.

An example from the website of The Australian:

Party members have been using the messaging service WhatsApp to try to oust Mr Joyce on the basis that “disunity is death”, the Daily Telegraph reports.

And again:

On Friday, Nationals MP Andrew Broad said that while Barnaby Joyce had made an error of judgment, his leadership of the Nationals remained safe for now.
“But I’m still waiting to see if there’s been an abuse of power. If I see that and it’s clear, then I’ll be one of the people talking about what should be the action as a result of that,” he told the ABC.

And from the ABC News website:

He may have survived an open mutiny on his leadership last week but Nationals colleague Michael McCormack, who has been touted as a possible replacement, has made it clear a challenge is still on the cards.

Mr McCormack told Fairfax Media that while he did not want to get ahead of himself, his colleagues would use this week to "take a temperature reading and see what their own constituents are saying and make considered decisions based on that".

"Obviously what else transpires — not just in our electorates but obviously on a national front — has to be thought through," he told Fairfax.

All jolly good fun unless you are Barnaby Joyce. For him it's "Seven Lonely Days" but it does make for a wonderful political singalong.