The most devastating critic of Malcolm Turnbull is Malcolm Turnbull himself.

Turnbull on disloyalty - his speech farewelling Kevin Rudd from Parliament:


I will never forget the day that you gave your press conference following your removal as Leader of the Labor Party by your colleagues. It is etched in my memory. It was one of the cruellest moments I have ever witnessed. I had lost the leadership of my own party but, frankly, in a dispute about policy…

The betrayal of you as leader of your party was one of the most shocking events I have ever witnessed, and I would think any of us have ever witnessed, in politics—the scale of it. The idea that the man who had won, in this presidential campaign, an election against John Howard was then going to be disposed of, discarded like another course on a lazy Susan in a Vietnamese restaurant—the cruelty of it was extraordinary!

Turnbull on not giving “economic leadership"- his speech announcing his challenge to Tony Abbott:


It is clear enough that the Government is not successful in providing the economic leadership that we need. It is not the fault of individual ministers, ultimately the Prime Minister has not been capable of providing the economic leadership our nation needs… We need a style of leadership that explains those challenges and opportunities; explains the challenges and how to seize the opportunities. A style of leadership that respects the peoples’ intelligence, that explains these complex issues, and then sets out the course of action we believe we should take, and makes a case for it. We need advocacy, not slogans.

Turnbull on not rushing to an early election - his 2009 Budget in reply speech, attacking Kevin Rudd:

The Prime Minister’s threat of a double dissolution and an early election proves to all of us what this Budget is really about.

It isn’t about protecting the jobs of Australians.

Least of all the one million Australians it says will soon be out of work.

It is about the job security of one man and one man only.

A Prime Minister frightened of the consequences of his mismanagement, now wants to cut and run before he is found out.

struth...

can't this hypocritical numbskull even remember what he said yesterday...?

Labor should jot all of his speeches down so that they can stuff them back down his gob at a later date...

what a fricken idlot...