Crikey, good to hear some liberal MPs taking on a couple of dissident controversial Right Wingers who appear to be throwing their weight around. It would be a worry if the govt were that weak that it cower’s in the face of threats by just a couple of dissidents.
"Some Liberal MPs have also scoffed at Mr Christensen and Senator Bernardi, accusing them of making empty threats.
"It's ridiculous. They wouldn't be able to muster more than 200 [votes] across the whole country," one Liberal MP said.
"They've only got power so long as they're inside [the party]. They're deluding themselves if they think they'd be able to do anything outside it. They'd be irrelevant.
"The only way they get leverage is by constantly threatening to go, so that's what they do."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...brush-off-rebel-backbenchers'-threats/8141020
