But the Liberal party is one
of the right (side of politics). In strolls Turnbull from the centre and tries to make policy from that position. Many in the party resisted - surprise, surprise. He got one warning, when he was dumped as opposition leader for going too far left (sure, I'm being a bit simplistic here
). Abbott replaced him and swept into government. Turnbull, not happy, knifed him, along with the
ever-loyal deputy (she of the red stilettos) et al. A year or so later, what went around, came around, when Turnbull failed to learn the hard lesson he was taught the first time and also failed his own benchmark (X number bad polls). Turnbull quit - he didn't even contest the second ballot.
In the election Turnbull led, I didn't vote Liberal for the second time in my life (and I know there are others here in the same boat). Felt sorry for my local Liberal member, who lost to Labor in the election, but I was preferring Shorten to Turnbull as PM.