FORMER Labor leader Mark Latham has provided a brutal assessment of Malcolm Turnbull, his book, his prime ministership and his Party. 

In the May 16 issue of The Spectator Australia magazine Latham, who is now NSW One Nation Party leader asks: “How did a majority of Liberal MPs ever make this man their leader, not once but twice?” 

Under the headline “Turnbull: Adam Bandt in a better suit”, Latham writes: “The real question for the Liberal Party was never about so-called Del-Cons. It was the incendiary influence of the Turnbull Non-Cons. 

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“If Turnbull’s elevation were merely an aberration, an unwanted political fluke, many of us would break the current virus restrictions and re-open a pub or two to celebrate. But it’s not,” he said.

Mr Latham said the Greens “disease” was not restricted to the deposed PM’s memoir.

“It has marched through the institution of the Coalition parties and imperilled the best of Australia’s economic and cultural traditions,” he said.

“In the NSW Parliament, I’ve encountered many Turnbull-type MPs, ‘moderate’ Liberals and Nationals who believe in the renewables religion, political correctness and divisive identity politics.

“The book is bad. The threat to our nation is even worse.”PC

MAIN PHOTOGRAPH: Deposed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (courtesy Morning Mail)

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