Labor’s gloating over the war inside the Liberal Party won’t do it any good

SELF-ABSORBED politicians tempted to gloat as Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott tear each other to shreds in public are in for a nasty shock.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is seen during a visit to Naval Group Submarine Ship yard in Cherbourg on Sunday. Picture: Kym Smith

“DON’T gloat,” senior Labor figures are advising colleagues enjoying the Abbott-Turnbull battle at the heart of the Liberal Party.

They are warning that all major political parties are being marked down by voters over internal instability in the Government.

While the ALP leadership has been at its most stable since 2013, cranky voters are putting all mainstream MPs in the same box and condemning them for being self absorbed.

Further, Labor Leader Bill Shorten has found attempts to promote substantial policy lines on education and wages recently have been overshadowed by the Liberal brawling.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn’t the only party leader having difficulty getting positive views through the static of instability to the electorate.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten isn’t going to win points in this fight. Picture: AAP

And figures from all parties are reporting the tension between the former Prime Minister and his successor is becoming tedious, an additional reason to ignore mainstream politics and look more closely at fringe parties such as One Nation.

The One Nation and ”others” vote now totals close to 20 per cent compared to 13 per cent at the July 2 election last year.

Voters have seen this type of confrontation before, most brutally during Labor’s three prime ministerships in three years, and are tired of MPs talking about themselves.

The anti-gloating advice came just as the Labor Opposition welcomed improved opinion poll findings which saw Mr Shorten edge closer to Mr Turnbull as preferred Prime Minister.

However, other findings by Newspoll pointed to entrenched disenchantment with political leadership.

Some 56 per cent of voters are dissatisfied with Mr Turnbull’s performance, and 53 per cent with Mr Shorten’s.