Tim the Spectator

Nelson has balls, who would have thought

He’s done it.  Brendan Nelson has gone all in and soon we will know his fate.

My prediction - Turnbull will be the federal opposition leader by lunchtime.

I applaud Nelson for his timing.  Now that the Costello Memoirs are out and it seems the Smirk has decided he doesn’t want the leadership (at least for now), Brendan no longer has the excuse that his leadership was being undermined.  There’s nothing else he can blame the poor polling on.  If he hadn’t moved, the next few weeks would have been drawn-out torture until Malcolm Turnbull was handed the crown.  Taking a stand now, Nelson has a chance to win the vote of his comrades before Turnbull gets the numbers.  If he wins this, Nelson will have renewed authority, and hopefully won’t flash his dopey looking smile as much.

Too bad it won’t work.  I’m certain Turnbull will win tomorrow, despite being rushed into this contest.  Getting 16% support as preferred prime minister is a ridiculously low number, considering PM Kevin Rudd hasn’t done much more than keep the ship steady since taking office.

Tomorrow should be a good day for spectating.  Especially question time, oh boy.