John Howard urges Liberals not to panic about election chances

Former PM plays down federal implications of Victorian drubbing and says Coalition can still win in 2019

John Howard has urged federal Liberals not to panic over the drubbing in the Victorian state election, and has declared there is no prospect of a split.

The former prime minister used an interview on the ABC on Tuesday evening to play down the significance of recent electoral setbacks, and warn his former colleagues not to allow political opponents and “people who are not friendly to us as a Liberal collective” to define the Liberal party ideologically.

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