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    Hastie not contesting Liberal leadership

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    1. JaniePage on

      TL;DR:

      Andrew Hastie has just confirmed he won’t challenge Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership next week.

      Hastie said it became clear that he did not have the support needed within the party.

    3. clarky2481 on

      His post doesnt give even the slightest indication that he supports Ley. Moneys on a Taylor challenge, unless Littleproud gets ousted from the Nats on mondays vote.

    4. SentenceStreet3270 on

      The ship is still sinking, I wouldn’t want to be seen at the helm just yet either.

    6. ag_bear on

      Based on that thumbnail, I thought he was dropping out because Chris Minns is throwing his hat in the ring. Wouldn’t surprise me given the state of NSW

    8. Additional_Read_9695 on

      He dared criticise the orange maniac, not allowed to do that while under Gina’s eye.

    9. Chart_Unlikely on

      Ley’s a pretty abysmal leader so the fact that Hastie can’t currently scrounge enough support from the other Liberal party members speaks volumes to how unpalatable he must be

    11. YouLykeFishSticks on

      In the dissection piece from Four Corners following the last Federal Election, after being asked if he sees himself leading the party, Hastie answered along the lines that timing is important in political life, effectively. So obviously Ley may be safe for now, but Hastie is definitely sharpening the dagger as we write this.

    12. BoxofYoodes on

      “I don’t want to lose the election in 2 years, so I’ll lose the election in 5 years instead”

    13. Cat_Man_Bane on

      Smart enough to realise there’s an extremely low chance the Libs can win the next election so he’ll wait till after that to make a run for it.

    15. ValuableLanguage9151 on

      Plan clearly is let Angus knife Sussan then Angus loses the next election because it’s impossible to knock Labor off with that majority unless a literal miracle happens then Hastie knifes Angus because he didn’t win.

      That would be what seven leaders of the liberal party in 20 years: Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison, Dutton, Ley, Taylor and then Hastie.

      Very stable geniuses over there.

    17. R_W0bz on

      It’s funny that the image on here is of Chris Minns , if you told me he was contesting for Liberal leadership I wouldn’t be surprised.

    24. NotoriousPBandJ on

      …all I saw was the headline “Hastie pulls out of Liberal race” and went Yeah he did… 😏

    25. mrflibble4747 on

      You chose Angus FFS!

      You chose Hastie FFS!

      The VERY definition of a lose/lose paradigm!

      Well done Liberals!