Bishop squibs it

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From the AFR, Julia Bishop has squibbed it:

Ms Bishop has told The Australian Financial Review she relayed the message during Tuesday’s meeting, the first part of a two-day cabinet marathon to discuss grievances and plan for the year ahead.

“I’m not ringing the backbench asking for support, I have not counted any numbers, I will not challenge the leader,’’ she said.

It is understood that Ms Bishop still reserves the right to run for the leadership should it be declared vacant.

Could they be stupid enough to draw this out?

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.