Even if he scrapes in, Malcolm Turnbull has lost this election, as this column warned on 28 May. If he does not quietly resign, as a republican he should understand Cromwell’s instruction, ‘In the name of God, go!’
Calling this election was always a major error of judgment, explicable only as a desperate attempt to counter the increasing impression that he is weak and indecisive.
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