Pure entertainment :In May, Pesutto, fronting his first state council meeting as leader, was heckled with calls of “shame”. Some members staged a walkout. Some had cut-out Deeming masks.
There were only a few dozen of them, but the images did not convey the impression of a unified party.
As the old political maxim says, disunity is death.
After Deeming’s speech on the steps of parliament, former state MP Louise Staley texted Pesutto with a reference to a media report: “Moira Deeming at rally with neo-Nazis today.”
Pesutto replied: “This only gets worse from here. I don’t even understand why she wants to be in the Liberal party.”
Staley said Pesutto should “consider expelling her from the party for consorting with Nazis”.
Pesutto replied: “Agree.”
As a party insider notes: “John’s got a very difficult job – putting this court case to one side – in holding his party room together. He only won the leadership by one vote.
