"But I would not write Abbott off, he would have seen this...

"But I would not write Abbott off, he would have seen this coming and if he used that little brain of
his he could have got some from the party to play turbull into believing they will vote for him, and at the
vote, vote for tony, it will be close."

If there is such as a person, it is Bishop. She is the only one that would have convinced Turnbull that "they" had the numbers.