Andrew Hastie needs to step up and supplant Angus Taylor

Is Angus Taylor waging the worst major party leadership challenge in Australian political history?

Peter Dutton, whose count failed in 2018, and the shadow of Simon Crean, who resigned in 2013 to encourage Kevin Rudd to challenge Julia Gillard, may demand a recount. Tony Abbott might be complaining about the empty chair taking up 40% of the party hall. But Taylor’s “challenge” combines the pain of a tooth extraction with the boredom of watching grass grow, due to sheer agonizing numbness.