The fact remains that we conservatives have yet to be impressed with Malcolm as PM who is still to achieve anything of any use other than to end the political instability at the top of the party which he himself was the sole cause of. So far he has held on because he has not done a thing to reverse any of the policies put in place by Abbott. For example, I noted in a post of my own yesterday that:

If conservative means to preserve what is good while allowing positive change to occur, the Donald may well be the most conservative candidate in this election. It is also what I liked about Tony Abbott even though no two people may be farther apart personally than he and Donald Trump.

And then John Comnenus, in a guest post that followed mine, made the following suggestion to Barnaby Joyce to ensure that Malcolm listens to the conservatives among his Parliamentary party:

Upon becoming the Nationals leader you should immediately go to Bill Shorten and ask him what the ALP is happy to offer the Nationals if it were a junior Coalition parter. Think about the potential power of such a move.

And then there is Merv Bendle, in an article at Quadrant Online, The Coming Conservative Revolt, in which he wrote:

Ultimately, history will reveal that it is not conservatism but progressivism that is in crisis. What this nation needs are politicians able to comprehend the ominous trajectory of global events and articulate a conservative response for the Australian people.

We like the Australia we have and don’t want to lose it. That is what is meant by the verb “to conserve” and that is what we are looking for the leader of a party on the right to do. Which brings me to the post by Andrew Bolt this morning who says the same again and then some. This is from a post on The hounding out of Abbott. Why does the Liberal Left fear him?

But bottom line: it says something very sad about the Liberals under Turnbull and Bishop that conservatives like Abbott are so unwelcome. The party is being hijacked and the public increasingly denied a genuine argument or choice on some big issues. Just see how both sides now don’t think slashing spending is good, despite the warnings of the Treasury Secretary that it’s dangerously high. See how both agree global warming is a potential disaster. How both Labor and Liberal leaders agree on a republic, same-sex marriage, Aboriginal recognition in the Constitution and a bloated ABC.

Andrew finishes with this astonishing story which is behind the paywall at the Daily Telegraph:

TONY Abbott has met US President Barack Obama privately in Washington in a move that is bound to further frustrate Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The former PM also held secret talks with Mr Obama’s spy boss and was urged by the Americans to maintain a role as a global voice on critical issues such as terrorism….

He also met the elder statesman of US foreign affairs, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger, as well as the president of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass and former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain…

Mr Abbott also accepted lunch invitations from the former president of the World Bank James Wolfensohn and the head of investment firm Morgan Stanley James Gorman.

The world is not the kind of world those at the top of the Liberal Party think it is. Abbott represents the proper response to our times and Malcolm, unless he gets with the program, will increasingly find that he and his motley crew do not.