Mal’s halfway to hell with PM now 15 out of 30 Newspolls closer to doom
The Australian’s latest Newspoll is bad news for Malcolm Turnbull (again). Yesterday:
… the Coalition continues to trail Labor by 47 to 53 per cent …
All together now. Turnbull in Canberra, September 15, 2015:
We have lost 30 Newspolls in a row.
That’s 15 out of 30 in the red. Bon Jovi, October 31, 1986:
Ohhhhhhh, we’re halfway there / Whoa, livin’ on a prayer.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on ABC radio’s AM, yesterday:
We’ve obviously got quite a bit more work to do to put ourselves in a position where we will be competitive for the next election …
Just trust Turnbull then? Bon Jovi:
Take my hand and we’ll make it / I swear, whoa, livin’ on a prayer.
Cormann on AM, yesterday:
… if I was Bill Shorten I’d actually be quite concerned that he didn’t make any progress.
Bill Shorten feels absolutely fine. The Australian online, yesterday:
If an election was held today — Labor 82 seats (up 13 seats), Coalition 63 seats (down 13 seats).
Turnbull is too busy in London to worry about Newspoll. The Australian online, yesterday:
Mr Turnbull will also hold a key bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May …
But May can sympathise with bad polls. London’s The Times/YouGov poll, July 7:
Our headline voting intention has Labour on 46 per cent, compared to the Conservatives’ 38 per cent, an eight-point lead for Labour.
It was all so different once for May. Sky News UK online, February 13:
Theresa May has enjoyed the longest opinion poll “honeymoon” of any Conservative prime minister since the 1950s.
Same for our own Prime Minister. The Australian, September 22, 2015:
Malcolm Turnbull is the most popular prime minister in more than five years …
Now, May’s looking over her shoulder. London’s The Times, yesterday:
… the Prime Minister was looking isolated within her own party amid growing talk of replacing her before its autumn conference …
Should Turnbull? Peta Credlin on The Bolt Report, Sky News, July 3:
… one of his cabinet colleagues said to me today, and this is extraordinary, he said; “This is the guy that knifed Peter King to get the seat, knifed Brendan (Nelson) to become leader, knifed Tony Abbott to become Prime Minister, and the next knife’s obviously coming the Liberal Party’s way.”
He might be more concerned about losing his one-seat majority. The Australian online, Friday
Labor has launched High Court action against Assistant Health Minister David Gillespie …
The British Prime Minister also is preoccupied with parliament. The Times, yesterday:
Theresa May will attempt to relaunch her faltering premiership tomorrow … as she faces a new “reality” as a prime minister without a majority.
At least they both have a shoulder to cry on. Bon Jovi, October 31, 1986:
It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not / We’ve got each other and that’s a lot for love / We’ll give it a shot.