Turnbull the socialist in a blue tie,not sure how long you have been following politics and in particular Turnbull, as a refresher
remember UTEGATE
remember when he polled 16% as leader
remember when he said he would leave politics only to change his mind with weeks, not a bad piece of sound decsiosn making by a dedicated pollie with ambitions of leading the country
remember the challenges Nelson.Andrews Abbott
your Turnbull for PM
Speaking in the House of Representatives in February 2010, Turnbull attacked Abbott's climate change policy and praised the government's ETS legislation. He argued that Abbott's subsidy-based policy would be a "recipe for fiscal recklessness".[59] Turnbull later announced he would leave Parliament at the end of his term, before changing his mind within weeks. He claimed that his change of mind was the result of his anger at the government's decision to delay its ETS legislation until 2013.[60][61] He denied being interested in regaining the leadership of the Liberal Party, saying "I don't think there is any likelihood of that I assure you".[60] Turnbull subsequently gave qualified support to Abbott's climate change policy, arguing that while it was inferior to an ETS in principle, it was preferable to the government's approach of delaying action until 2013.[
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Rudd and his senior advisers seriously contemplated trying to finish Turnbull off with a parliamentary inquiry into a $10 million grant he gave, when minister in 2007, to a friend and donor for rainmaking technology.They have not dropped the idea altogether but it has cooled in recent days with the realisation it could turn voters off
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If you are completely and utterly lacking in any sense of self-awareness and you’re absolutely oblivious to what anybody else thinks, you’re perfectly suited to be a political leader; if on the other hand you are dripping with empathy and you take seriously what other people say, then you run the risk of being very badly hurt,” Turnbull
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By Staff Journalist | 28.07.2009
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is unlikely to bounce back from disastrously-low approval ratings to become prime minister, Newspoll chief Martin O'Shannessy says.
The latest Newspoll, published in The Australian on Tuesday, showed Mr Turnbull's approval rating fell by three points to 16 per cent, the same level Brendan Nelson had when he was dumped as opposition leader.
that's who would be king
