Scrambling back aboard the Titanic

Turnbull has also claimed that an emissions trading scheme was necessary to save the world and our children's children. But now he's like, whatever. And, whatever tends to change tomorrow. Just know that when he talks about your children and their future, it's all hot air. It's all about him and his future.

It's not much of a measure. But at least know that Turnbull's idea of the middle is more akin to being an indecisive and unprincipled fence-sitter, ready to jump from one side to the other based on what is best for him and his career.

Turnbull's only ever had one rock-solid policy position: he should be the prime minister. In other words, he believes in politics above principles.

It does not say much for his colleagues or their judgement. They voted for him – to save their seats. Good luck with that.

And as if all of that isn't going to tick off the Australian public, then Julie Bishop will. As the dust settled and the bodies were carried off, she resorted back to the two party game of mindless, drivelling slogan-slinging. She couldn't help herself, criticising Labor for being the party of disunity, of going from Rudd to Gillard and back to Rudd again.

Yes. This was at a press conference to announce that the Liberal Party had gone from Turnbull to Abbott and back to Turnbull again.

But enough of the hypocrisy.

Let's move onto the simple common-sense desire to survive.

If the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years proved anything, it was that political assassinations are not well received by the public.

The Turnbull-Abbott-Turnbull years will only confirm this.

And just as Rudd would most likely have won a second term, there was every likelihood that Abbott would have as well. Instead, we are going to see more disruption, more instability and more woeful polls.

The new government will not last. The survival instinct has gone.