By Andrew Bolt ~
How many voters really registered that Abbott might cross the floor if the Government did what it actually hints it won’t, and then decided to vote Labor instead?
An unconvincing attempt to scapegoat:
This is the Newspoll result Tony Abbott wanted.
The former prime minister threw himself into the energy debate last week with print, television and radio interviews to warn he could cross the floor over a clean energy target.
I think this deflects from the real problem with this policy:
… the government’s attempts to talk tough on energy prices was instantly undermined by the reminder of its divisions on the clean energy target.
Actually, that tough talk is undermined by the prices rising with no convincing government policy to cut them.
UPDATE
It seems everybody’s trying to knock out Tony Abbott these days. Whether being headbutted in Hobart by some thug, or flayed alive (yet again) by some lefty journalist, it seems every day is Open Season on Abbott Day. Yet Abbott soldiers on. The lip may be swollen, the ego may be bruised, but the battler in Abbott refuses to be knocked down.
It’s hard to know who fears Abbott the most. Is it the bunch of miserable “bed-wetters”, those Liberal MPs who were so keen to tear Abbott down and replace him with Malcolm Turnbull on the laughable promise of a massive improvement in the opinion polls? Or is it the hardheads of the Labor Party, who know through bitter experience that if Abbott were let loose on them their ghastly fantasy of a Labor Party’s Bill Shorten prime ministership would be cactus? Clearly, somebody out there is terrified of Abbott.
Andrew Bolt writes for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, and The Advertiser and runs Australia’s most-read political blog. On week nights he hosts The Bolt Report on Sky News at 7pm and his Macquarie Radio show at 8pm with Steve Price.
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