Tony turns back

Tony Abbott reads Private Briefing.

Or, at least we like to thinks so.

And what other explanation could there be for his volte face on his policy costings?

One day he would not tug the forelock, like that desperate harlot, Julia Gillard, and give them to the all powerful Trinity, of Windsor, Katter and Oakeshott.

The next day he would.

And what happened in between?

Yes.  That’s right.

Private Briefing told Mr Abbott that he was on the wrong path.  Walking to his own political grave, in fact.

He saw the light. And turned around.

So Mr Abbott might well become Prime Minister, after all.

This is a heavy weight for us, at Private Briefing, to bear.

But  we will do our best, as always.

The Trinity welcomed their Prodigal Son back.

Rob Oakeshott said it made him feel good, as a Conservative, to have a Conservative candidate, again, to consider as a candidate for Prime Minister.

Others, in the media, went astray.

One  commentator even suggested that, in his defiance, Tony Abbott was trying to precipitate another election, in the hope of winning it.

That might have been right, on the day.

But we, at Private Briefing, had more faith.

We always believed that, ultimately, Tony would return to the right path.

As he did.