The main difference between the Abbott government and the Turnbull government is that the Turnbull government backs down when its ideas turn out to be unpopular.

Dear Poirot, just popped back in to argue with 'the ladies' then have you?
Welcome back from the twittersphere :)

There is no 'swooning' on my part re Turnbull, just a simple gratefulness that he has taken over the reins from the bumbling Abbott. I believe he is not anywhere near as far rotten right as Abbott and some of old pals are. Naturally he has to take it a bit slowly to bring all the old guard with him, but it will happen.

I was hoping Morrison was booted out with Abbott for his inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, but that was not to be. If I was Turnbull I wouldn't trust Morrison as far as I could throw him.
And yes, I believe Turnbull will turn out a good PM. If not, then whom?

Dear Poirot,

I agree with everything you are saying. (I just hope you're not not of those knucklehead engineers that keep popping up on the Forum.)

I'm thinking of taking up a collection to buy some fake $40K Rolexes for Malcolm Turnbull and his family. We can get Tony Abbott to check that they are genuine fakes. Would you like to contribute? It's all in a good cause and it's the Liberal National Party thing to do.

PS: Anybody wanting to contribute to the 'Buy Malcolm a fake Rolex' cause can send their donations to:

Mr Li Ruipeng
Billionaires' Business Club (formerly Sector L Chinese Communist Party)
Beijing China

Hi Suse,

You'll have to excuse my rant, but really I can't leave you and Foxy alone for a moment! Someone "charming" like Malcolm swans into the leadership, delivers more shiny darts from the far right - and you seem to think it's all an aberration and somewhere sometime he'll turn back into the moderate he always pretended he was.

I can't see a bloke who appears to have no power base within those ranks suddenly gaining the strength to pull back on their rabid behaviour.

Turnbull, the magnificent moderate, has already attacked affordable healthcare by tinkering with bulk billing incentives to "women" in particular. He backs their junk climate approach "Direct Action". He's just lacerated the CSIRO (again). Apparently he thinks it's "innovative" to go around sacking scientists en masse!

It's "exciting"

He's a fraud.

(and I think anyone who expects him, somewhere down the track, to all of a sudden turn into Mary Poppins is in for a disappointment)

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Mr Opinion,

Hi...I've been away for a bit, but been here for yonks....not an engineer : )

Dearest Poirot, I am a Nationals supporter, which by default leads me to the Liberals.
I think Barnaby Joyce may just make the difference in this alliance and hopefully lower the 'rightness' of the Coalition.

Of course I don't support everything Turnbull supports either, but again I ask, who is the alternative? Certainly the Labor party are in serious disarray unless they elevate someone of substance, like Penny Wong.

I am hopeful of change within the Liberal Party now, but I realise it may not happen.
At least without the holy Abbott they have more of a chance now.