Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown

A bevy of Liberal frontbenchers supporting Angus Taylor s leadership challenge resigned their positions on Thursday, ahead of Friday s 9am party vote. With momentum moving towards Taylor, his backers and those of Sussan Ley were working on the relatively small number of people whose votes were regarded as in play. The Ley camp said she would not resign. The concern for the Taylor camp was not the actual leadership vote, but to ensure support for the preceding vote to get a “spill” of the

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Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown

A bevy of Liberal frontbenchers supporting Angus Taylor s leadership challenge resigned their positions on Thursday, ahead of Friday s 9am party vote. With momentum moving towards Taylor, his backers and those of Sussan Ley were working on the relatively small number of people whose votes were regarded as in play. The Ley camp said she would not resign. The concern for the Taylor camp was not the actual leadership vote, but to ensure support for the preceding vote to get a “spill” of the

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