I always wondered who the 'swinging voters' are. The major political parties and pollsters could have samed themselves a lot of time and money if they'd only asked Angry Oak to list all the people s/he hates. Thanks for that - but who's "Turmbal"?

On topic, long may Malcolm Turnbull remain on the Tory backbenches. The Coalition can't win an election without him.

Turnbull has the same problem as Rudd.
People like them at first but once they get to know them their personalities or manner or something grates on most people and they suddenly decide they arent so great after all. The perverse thing is that once they get booted out and arent seen for a while we all like them again.

Hey CJ Morgan,

If you’re going to be pedantic and ask who is Turmbull (when it is obvious i meant Turnbull), then let me ask you something about your comment:

What do you mean that political parties and pollsters could have “samed” time and money?

People in glass houses shouldn't throw giant rocks!

Ok, could someone fill me in on where all of this 'integrity', 'conviction' and 'environmental-whatever' 'small-L Liberalism' etc etc is supposed to come in where Malcolm Turnbull is concerned?

From his past record, all I see is a (part-time) career-politician who uses his post for personal gain and tax exemptions, and markets to new popular causes like a Republic or ETS (which conveniently happen to be highly lucrative for bankers and traders of intangible or hypothetical capital- ie him) that other Liberal party members are so used to NOT supporting, while, as an environment minister, doing even less than Peter GARRET- and that really says a lot (even if Peter didn't have a long career of silly dances to substantiate his environmental credentials).

And 'inspiring'? please. I don't get why so many people seem to believe, or even entertain the idea that Malcolm isn't just a self-serving sleaze who puts on an act.
Thank god we have Amicus and JamesH who seem to actually notice what he DOES, instead of what he says.

It seems more a matter of desperate small-i-liberals and Labor supporters hoping for a 'moderate' into the MEAN Liberals, and desperate right-wing Liberals supporters are longing for a more charismatic face than Tony to move their party back into government.
And of course people who obsess about "The Republic" and don't know what a "publicity stunt" is.

so angry oaks, are you saying people who vote green are idiots, you repeat yourself.

So Angry dosent like grammar/spelling nazis!

"People in glass houses shouldn't throw giant rocks!"

So what was this then Angry?

"By the way, you should try and limit the amount of times you finish a sentence with a preposition, it’s annoying. (or is defending the Queens English another "Tory evil"."

Hmmmm