On14 September last, 54 Liberal parliamentary members voted to sack the man who had first led them from a hopeless late-2009 electoral position in Opposition to near-victory in 2010, and then a 2013 landslide win. Some 44 colleagues voted to keep faith.
Those who, like myself, remain appalled by that have since been enjoined – including by commentators formerly seen as Abbott supporters – to ‘get over it’ and ‘accept the pollsters’ verdicts’.
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John Stone is a former Secretary to the Treasury and former Leader of the National Party in the Senate
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