Colin Boyce’s push to topple David Littleproud as Nationals leader has failed.
The Nationals whip, Michelle Landry, confirmed Boyce’s motion to spill the leadership at a party room meeting on Monday was unsuccessful.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/02/australia-news-live-desi-freeman-porepunkah-shooting-search-nationals-leadership-spill-littleproud-liberals-sussan-ley-angus-taylor-andrew-hastie-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69801ae18f0880ecfa0dc69b#block-69801ae18f0880ecfa0dc69b
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Can’t say I’m surprised – Boyce didn’t really stand a chance, and it felt more like he wanted to loose so he had an excuse to jump ship to One Nation.
Boyce: But mum said it was my turn to drive the clown car!!!!
[Also, Littleproud and Ley are expected to meet tonight to discuss whether the Coalition could come back together](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/federal-politics-live-nationals-liberals-littleproud-ley/106294026?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-257437)
Fantastic. Since they don’t have to re-arrange the deck chairs, the Nationals can focus on steering the ship into the iceberg for a third time.
This guy reminds me of Dickie Knee from Hey Hey is Saturday he just pops up says stupid shit to get attention and disappears.
Boyce to join One Nation, when?
Separation, Divorce and remarriage.
The LNP coalition in a nutshell…
For how long ?
Any predictions as to the # of times the Nats and Liberals split and then get back together? No doubt by the time the next election comes they will be together, but how many times will they do this? We are at 2 I believe, will they hit double digits?
the nats have a hell of an opportunity here, whenever big institutions like the coalition change there’s room for stuff that normally would be impossible. whether they can meaningfully capitalise on this is another thing; littleproud seems shockingly poor as a party leader
Well, I guess it’s smooth sailing from here on.
I thought they might join up.
The Littleproud Boyce team has a familiar ring to it.
/s
Ok, we’ve had our laughs. Can we just ignore these idiots and start holding the actual government to account?
Let the shitshow continue then. Carry on!
Liberals and Nationals need to stay separate for something like a year and work out for themselves and individually who they are and what they represent.
They need to work on their own policies.
They need to get their own people into gear.
The next federal election isn’t due until 2028.
Spending a year in the wilderness won’t do them any harm.
Then in 2027 they can join again and come out pumping for the 2028 election.
Not that I want them to win, especially in their current flip-flop state, but they’re are just flapping uselessly in the wind at the moment and that’s not doing anyone any good.
oh maaaaaan, I was hoping for blood
Was he ill?
Okay so…if he’s firm that he won’t joint coalition under Leys leadership, does this mean lib spill is on or divorce is serious this time?
NOT a good look for the libs to have their leader dictated by another party.
The Nationals are under enormous pressure from their mining donors.
No party is more compliant to donors than the Nationals and the miners don’t like having to potentially negotiate with One Nation, and the libs instead.
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
Liberals just need to cut losses and move on. Nationals are going to sook and sulk and threaten the coalition every time they don’t get their way.
Tail wagging the dog and the Libs would just be better off without the circus antics. Run your own candidates in the country and see what happens without a Coalition.
This will they won’t they Ross and Rachel loop is not good for their brand.
Boyce can’t even count high enough to know if he has the numbers to roll David Little-extra-chromosome but he thinks he should be put in charge of the country. Sure thing