Senator Cory Bernardi’s grand dream of building a new grassroots party on the right of Australian politics to take on the major parties looks decidedly shaky based on the party’s performance in recent elections.
The South Australian-based MP formed his party in February of last year, as a breakaway from the Liberals, with whom he had been periodically at war for many years.
Momentum at the start was strong, with Bernardi quickly gathering upwar…