The uncomfortable truth of the crisis that threatens to destroy the Coalition government is that Tony Abbott is only part of the problem, and removing him will not avert the prospect of decimation in 2016.
The Prime Minister started this bushfire and it is now raging out of control on multiple fronts, but the preparation of the tinder-dry fuel was a not all his work. It was a team effort.
The policy decisions that failed the fairness test and alienated voters were decided by Abbott's cabinet and poorly sold by half a dozen of his most senior ministers, who will still be in senior, if not the same, jobs when Abbott goes.
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