Ley's ‘time's up’ & EU trade deal latest
Long-running Liberal leadership tensions are set to come to a head this week.
Labor’s disciplined factional system allows it to push through ugly leadership spills with relative precision. But Sussan Ley remains Liberal leader weeks after her colleagues concluded her situation was terminal.
The latest Newspoll, putting the Coalition’s primary vote at a diabolical 18%, is likely to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Defence spokesman Angus Taylor has been clearing the runway for weeks, and may resign tomorrow to trigger a spill by Friday.
“The verdict is already in. If this is what success looks like, failure will be catastrophic,” one Liberal MP told us.
