Liberals shunned by the party will likely stand as independents at the next federal election unless Liberal executives listen to disappointed voters
The Liberal party continues to operate in a parallel universe now claiming that the Victorian election result was an aberration rather than accepting that they are completely out of touch with the Australian community. The “base” they are talking to is actually their membership base that they have failed, rather than their voting base that they have ignored.
The Liberal executive and Liberal parliamentary members don’t seem to respect their membership base who are mostly well-meaning people. They are not bringing them along with the community. Do they think that a membership base which is mostly retired could be expected to truly keep up with the rapid changes that are occurring across the economy and community on matters of climate change, power production costs and social values? By failing to respect and inform their membership base the party is in a death spiral being ill informed, out of touch and unable to attract new members.
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