Ditching the Liberals can put the grunt back into the Nationals – Australia’s rural party

‘The untethered Nats could plot a course to a sensible centre-right position that carves out a new city-country contract. Or they could skip down the yellow brick road to Trump world.’ Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

It’s been a lonely week for the Nats. Personally, I am on Team Split. I think it’s high time they put the grunt back into the country party.

Yet, having taken the hard decision, David Littleproud – at time of publication – is now sitting astride the barbed wire fence, poised between Team Stay and Team Split. It’s the worst place to be.