So soon after scraping back in, Malcolm Turnbull is prepared to risk everything on the one issue, which makes many voters, think only of treachery, arrogance and incompetence.

Instead of forming a workable government based on merit to deal with the serious issues confronting the nation, he is too pig-headed to back down. The only consequence may be to expose the pigs frolicking in the trough that is the retirement heaven for politicians.