Earlier today, a motion to spill the Victorian opposition leadership of Michael O’Brien failed to get the numbers after challenger Brad Battin called it on yesterday.

Brad who, you ask quite rightly.  Battin’s a solid MP but outside Victorian parliament and Liberal party circles, nobody’s heard of him.  Nevertheless, Battin felt compelled to challenge for the top job, and today was firmly rebuffed by most of his fellow MPs.

Some of those MPs did so out of loyalty to O’Brien.