Sussan Ley’s deal to reunite with the Nationals has damaged her credibility and potentially shifted some MPs into her leadership rival Angus Taylor’s corner, according to colleagues who are bracing for a spill as soon as this week.
As Ley told a press conference the majority of colleagues believed the was “stronger together”, one Liberal MP privately feared the reunion would ultimately lead to the “destruction of the Liberal party”.
“It is in essence an abandonment of all Liberals that live in our cities. Why would they vote for a party that is in coalition with the Nationals, when the Nationals’ only policy objective is to be more rightwing than One Nation?” the MP, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said.
The Liberal and Nationals leaders announc
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