David Littleproud has been driving an enormous wedge in the Liberal and National coalition. He did it immediately after the election loss and he is doing it again, the disunity is destroying the opposition. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese must be loving this mess, he knows there is not an effective opposition, he can plan for the next election. The Liberal/National Coalition lost a record number of seats to the incumbent Albanese Government despite a multitude of mis-steps, the losses are not looking like they will be reversed any time soon.

One has to ask, what is going on in the National Party? I am also asking if David Littleproud is the right person to lead the party. The National Party will not govern in its own right, so they need to work with the Liberal Party. National Party policies might work in rural areas, to form government they need the Liberal Party to win inner city seats and we know the Liberal Party is losing inner city seats to the more moderate Teals. I was hoping the move away from the Peter Dutton disaster of becoming too conservative was learned, it clearly was not and the same mistakes look to be repeated.

David Littleproud has to take a look at the strategic outcomes of what the Coalition needs to achieve to win government. He is not offering any leeway here, David Littleproud is making the Coalition unelectable. In another two years time when Australia heads off to a general election, this infighting will drive voters away. Maybe not to the Labor Party, but to independents who will not align to the Coalition, who would want to align themselves with infighting and dysfunction. Conservative voters are switching to One Nation, this is not a great outcome for anyone, there is no moderate opposition policies, the Teals have won all the inner city seats away from the Liberal Party and they are well funded and look likely to hold these seats.