Tony Abbott's attack on Malcolm Turnbull stuns colleagues

By Mark Kenny National Affairs Editor
Updated February 24 2017 - 9:08pm, first published 5:03pm
"I did everything I could to help the Prime Minister win the election. We just got there": Tony Abbott. Photo: Simon Alekna
"I did everything I could to help the Prime Minister win the election. We just got there": Tony Abbott. Photo: Simon Alekna
Christopher Pyne says every aspect of Tony Abbott's critique was wrong. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Christopher Pyne says every aspect of Tony Abbott's critique was wrong. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

An attempt by Tony Abbott to drag the Liberal Party to the political right has backfired spectacularly as former Abbott loyalists broke ranks in disgust at comments they viewed as disloyal to the party and a flagrant attempt to visit revenge on Malcolm Turnbull.

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