Social conservatives have never told the Liberal party’s entire account. Now Malcolm Turnbull has an opportunity to redefine his party in line with voters’ expectationsA lot’s been written already approximately how over the coming months Malcolm Turnbull needs to placate the tough rightwing base among his voters and especially in his party room. To some extent that’s true; the Liberal party room supported Turnbull in large piece because they felt Abbott’s policy direction was out of kilter with whatever they understand Liberal party values to be.
So Turnbull shouldn’t make the mistake of excluding dissenting voices among his base from his decision-making process. After all, that was his downfall the first time around.
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Source: theguardian.com