This comes courtesy of "Tips and Rumours" in Crikey today - and is soooo interesting that I just had to pinch it ;-)
"A senior federal LNP member (and good friend) tells me that senior LNP "faceless men" have an appointment with his highness, Prince Rupert Murdoch, for next month's visit. The purpose is to argue in favour of Mr T, in an attempt to consign the Prince's personal loathing of Mr T to the sidelines in the best interests of the Conservative movement.
Why, you ask? Abbott is now regarded as utterly unelectable by all but the most recalcitrant, hard-right members of the LNP federal caucus. Were a leadership spill called tomorrow, it is suggested that the numbers would go for Mr T -- by roughly 10-15 votes, a landslide win in contrast to the last spill. The meeting with the Prince is regarded as paramount to the LNP's objective of winning in 2013, let alone forcing an early poll".
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