It’s the usual guff in the press about politics. I could list it all and bore you to tears. But there is no need. One story alone tells you everything that you need to know. It is this, from The Australian:
A Newspoll conducted for The Weekend Australian, based on 1764 voters across the evenings of August 22 and 23, revealed Mr Dutton would have increased his primary vote by five points if he were Liberal Party leader.
On a two-party-preferred basis, based on the first night of polling on August 22, the former home affairs minister would have been deadlocked with Labor at 50-50, even with Mr Turnbull as leader. But as leader, Mr Dutton would have edged Labor 51-49 per cent, with One Nation’s primary vote plunging from 10 per cent under Mr Turnbull to 4 per cent if the Queensland MP led the Coalition.
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