Appeasement does not work
The liberals in the parliamentary Liberal Party should be learning one thing from the attacks on Malcolm Turnbull. Appeasement does not work.
The Prime Minister has contorted himself for months now to try and placate the mad fringe of his party. He has failed spectacularly.
The liberals - and there are more of them than the renegades surrounding Tony Abbott - should now embrace the same tactics. Rather than caving in to the pressure to replace Turnbull they should make it clear to their wishy-washy centrist colleagues that they will be just as disruptive as the Turnbull opponents if there is a change of leadership.
The Prime Minister has contorted himself for months now to try and placate the mad fringe of his party. He has failed spectacularly.
The liberals - and there are more of them than the renegades surrounding Tony Abbott - should now embrace the same tactics. Rather than caving in to the pressure to replace Turnbull they should make it clear to their wishy-washy centrist colleagues that they will be just as disruptive as the Turnbull opponents if there is a change of leadership.
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