The recent defection of Craig Kelly to become an independent is perhaps a further indication that there are fewer pews left for conservatives in the once broad church of the Liberal Party.
Tony Abbott was hounded from his formerly safe seat of Warringah after a sustained campaign that involved many card-carrying Liberal Party members; and more recently, the “father of the House of Representatives”, Victorian MP Kevin Andrews, sadly lost pre-selection for his seat of Menzies, a seat that h…
