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Down Under
Malcom Turnbull Is Out As Aussie PM
2018-08-23
It's been brewing for a few weeks and now it's a done deal.
[Daily Telegraph / Tim Blair] - It’s all over for Malcolm Turnbull, who will fall just slightly short of becoming "the longest-serving prime minister since Menzies. Possibly ever." Let’s follow the fun as it unfolds.

This morning kicked off with several Turnbull abandonments:
Liberal party ministers Mathias Cormann, Michaelia Cash, and Mitch Fifield have now abandoned Mr Turnbull just after 9.30am and want him to resign, also calling for another leadership spill today.

Mr Cormann said he had met with Mr Turnbull to tell him he no longer had the support of the majority of the Liberal Party.
Latest update is that he's out as PM but he's remaining in Parliament, which breaks his pledge to leave entirely if he lost the PM job. What a wanker!
Posted by:Raj

#4  Yes. Yes, I think it does.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-08-23 21:33  

#3  Does it count if, like that dreadful joke about marriage, it only feels like forever?
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-08-23 21:31  

#2  Indeed, but that's British humor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Australia_by_time_in_office
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-08-23 20:14  

#1  He is still prime minister although it does not look like he will last much longer. He certainly is nowhere near being the longest-serving prime minister since Menzies.
Posted by: bernardz   2018-08-23 05:51  

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