[LINK] Tony pulls it off!

[Roger Clarke]

At 12:36 +1100 1/12/09, Pilcher, Fred wrote:
>Who'd o' thunk it?
>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/liberals-embrace-spirit
>-of-kamikaze-fundamentalism-20091201-k22t.html?posted=sucessful#makeComm
>ent

The farce continued to the very end.

The SMH reports:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/shock-result-as-abbott-wins-liberal-leadership-by-one-vote--ets-dead-20091201-k1uz.html?autostart=1

"Fran Bailey was absent from the vote due to a medical condition.
"A spokesman for the Victorian backbencher said she tried to obtain a 
proxy vote, but party rules prevented that.  ...
"Ms Bailey's spokesman wouldn't comment on whether she would have 
voted for Mr Turnbull, but she has been considered a supporter of the 
former leader in the past."

If the vote had been tied 42-42, you'd imagine the incumbent stayed.

But, no, there had already been a spill, so Turnbull was no longer leader.

I wonder if the incompetence of the Party in designing its 
Constitution extends to being unable to cope with a tied vote for the 
leadership after a spill vote has been previously carried.


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