In case you have missed it, there is a bit of a tussle going on in the Coalition. Angus Taylor was accused by some colleagues (privately) of backgrounding against Peter Dutton. There is some suggestion from some within the LNP who think Taylor is preparing for a leadership challenge if the Coalition lose this next election. (With Andrew Hastie to follow Taylor. What a line up.)

So of course, the response has been for some Dutton loyalists to start backgrounding against Taylor.

Dutton addressed this in the party room meeting by saying that Taylor had his full support and to stop white-anting him in the media. And we all know what that means.

Taylor is asked about it on ABC radio and says:

One of the one of the wonderful things about our jobs, yours and mine is we get lots of free advice. We only have to go onto Twitter to see that, probably for our mental health we shouldn’t do that…but the point is, that’s part of what what you have when you you’re pretty high profile.

…I’ve got, I’ve got, as you, as you would have seen, a very large number of colleagues who are massively supportive of what Peter and I are doing, because we are fighting hard against a bad Labor government that has left Australians poorer, and we can’t afford another three years of that.

And let me tell you, my colleagues understand that Peter has made that point on many occasions, and we will continue to fight hard for those hard working Australians who deserve relief at the bowser, who are paying too much for everything right now and who can get a better deal.

Are the ‘colleagues’ in the room with us now?

Angus Taylor and his massively supportive colleagues: