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Australia’s ‘Game of Thrones’ is still on
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 21, 2018 08:23pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Zoya Sheftalovich |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 21, 2018 04:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SYDNEY — Move over Italy, Australia is now the world’s electoral basket case.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday called a surprise leadership vote. His party supported him and he saw off a challenge from his home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, by a wafer-thin margin of 48 to 35. (Turnbull knew a leadership challenge was coming as soon as Dutton pledged his “full support” for the PM.)
But while Turnbull won the battle, he has almost certainly lost the war.
Ten Cabinet ministers have so far offered their resignations and several of those who voted for Turnbull on Tuesday are now briefing reporters that when (not if) another leadership challenge (known in Australian politics as a “spill”) takes place, they’ll vote the other way.
Here’s the bottom line: For Turnbull, winter is coming. At best it’s maybe a few weeks away. |
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