Originally posted by fazz03
Personally I lay most of the blame for this debacle in Wentworth at the feet of Mathias Cormann. His flip flopping during the leadership crisis by abandoning Malcolm Turnbull and his subsequent appalling performance in the Senate supporting the "It's ok to be white" motion in the final days of the election campaign was disgraceful.
From reports it appears that support for Kerryn Phelps gained significant traction in the final days of the campaign which most probably explains to some extent the LNP support in early postal and pre polling voting.
As far as Malcolm Turnbull's reaction and that of his son I don't see a problem. As many have stated, Malcolm Turnbull made it perfectly clear he would resign from Parliament in the event he lost the ballot. His son has every right to voice an opinion contrary to what many may want to hear.
Tony Abbott's daughter voiced her support for the SSM vote in defiance of her father. And I don't think Peter and Tim Costello agreed on anything. Tim Costello was often chastising the LNP.
Kerryn Phelps was in the right place at the right time.
Only IMO.
You are right fazz. In my anger at the role of the wreckers in initiating this Liberal carnage, I have overlooked the fact that Cormann could have, and should have put a stop to the Liberal party room chaos that saw Turnbull keep his word and not stand for leader in the 2nd spill.
I have been an admirer of Cormann's performance over the years, however, I agree with you on his culpability in this.
