“…Ms Gillard’s net satisfaction rating – the difference between voter satisfaction and dissatisfaction – is now minus 45 per cent. As Ms Gillard’s personal standing fell, Mr Abbott jumped clear to a nine-point lead over her as the preferred prime minister, with a rise in support from 39 per cent to 43 per cent. Ms Gillard’s support fell four points to a new low of 34 per cent.”
I was at a dinner on Saturday, when a fellow diner opined that Abbott is as much responsible for this Labor government mess as Gillard and Rudd. This is a meme that Labor has carefully cultivated – the always negative Abbott, Abbott the wrecker. It has worked on my fellow diner and it has worked on the public: as Abbott performance in the poll is steady, with 52% dissatisfied with the question of “Are you satisfied with the way Tony Abbott is doing his job as a leader of the Opposition??
It is understood that an opposition leader attacks against a government at a personal popularity cost. But I wonder if people know what that job of the opposition really should be. Being an ‘alternative government’ means little, so I am not sure I know exactly. I wonder what past ‘good’ Opposition leaders have done. Maybe with some research…
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