Angus Taylor's spill against Susssan Ley today is off to a bad start. He's flubbed a saying about plain-speaking, and he's issued an evasive and ambiguous statement about what he'd bring to the Liberal Party of Australia if he were to be leader. In a sign of how shambolic this spill is, Sky News is sending mixed messages: Andrew Bolt says Angus Taylor's statements are "underwhelming", and Peta Credlin can only repeat her usual anti-feminist drone and try to justify the "glass ceiling" on the careers of women in the Liberal Party.
Political support for Angus Taylor has come from notable trainwrecks such as disgraced MP Timmy "Freedom" Wilson, and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who ran as Angus Taylor's deputy in is previous failed spill.
Symbolic resignations to show loss of faith in Susssan Ley and support for Angus Taylor include:
- Phillip Thompson, MP from Queensland.
- Claire Chandler from Tasmania, who was Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Shadow Minister for Science.
- Senator Jess Collins, NSW.
- James Patterson, frontbench seat-warmer.
- Jonno Duniam, Senator for Tasmania.
- Matt O’Sullivan, Senator for Western Australia.
Senator Jane Hume has signalled she wants to be the deputy Liberal leader, which must be a surprise to the current deputy leader, Ted O'Brien, who says he wants to keep his job.
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