The Liberals Desperately Wanted to Lose, and Crashed and Burnt Spectacularly, By Ian Wilson LL.B

 From a Christian conservative nationalist perspective, the Australian election was a gut-punch for those of us who believe in faith, sovereignty, and traditional values. Peter Dutton, a man who could have been a beacon for conservative conviction, was not just defeated—he was betrayed. The Liberal Party, riddled with self-serving moderates and spineless opportunists, orchestrated a deliberate sabotage to ensure their own conservative leader would crash and burn. This wasn't a loss; it was a calculated hit job by a party that's forgotten its soul. Let's break down how the Liberals wanted to lose, and why this disaster is a wake-up call for true conservatives.

The Liberal Party's internal factions—particularly the moderates and their allies in the NSW Right—had no intention of letting Dutton succeed. Why? Because his Queensland roots and unapologetic conservatism threatened their Sydney-centric power base. Dutton's 12-point blueprint, crafted before Christmas 2024, was a disciplined plan to restore Australia's direction: secure borders, economic sanity, and a rejection of woke ideology. It resonated with suburban and rural voters desperate for authenticity. But the party's elites, from the Armani-suited lobbyists to Malcolm Turnbull's bitter old guard, saw it as a threat to their influence. They delayed ad buys, diluted the message into bland platitudes, and leaked like cowards to friendly journalists, blaming Dutton's "extreme" Right for their own failures.

The sabotage was blatant. Campaign HQ, infested with what George Christensen calls the "Black Hand" of moderates, refused to fund critical ads and muddied Dutton's clear vision. Leaks weren't accidents—they were knives, aimed at destabilising him. Even elements of the NSW Right, who should've been allies, turned traitor because a Dutton victory would shift the party's center of gravity north, shrinking their petty empires. This was factionalism on steroids, prioritising personal gain over the nation's future.

The Liberals' obsession with winning back Teal seats was a fatal misstep. These inner-city electorates, filled with elites who champion open borders and gender ideology, were never coming back. Yet, the campaign poured resources into pandering to voters who despise conservative values, alienating the faithful in the suburbs and the bush. This wasn't just strategic stupidity—it was a deliberate middle finger to the Christian and nationalist voters who want a party that fights for family, faith, and country. By chasing the Teals, the Liberals signalled they'd rather grovel to globalist progressives than stand tall for their base. No wonder voters felt abandoned and stayed home or turned to minor parties like One Nation.

Nothing exposes the Liberals' treachery like the treatment of Benjamin Britton. A loyal Dutton supporter, Britton was disendorsed for speaking plain truths about women in combat roles—truths backed by conservative heavyweights like Jim Molan and Andrew Hastie. His crime? Staying true to principle over factional loyalty. Britton called it out: the left faction, working with traitorous right-wingers, stabbed Dutton in the back to roll him as leader. This wasn't just about one candidate; it was a warning to anyone who dares challenge the party's moderate stranglehold. The message was clear: conform or be crushed.

From our perspective, this election was a spiritual and ideological battle. Dutton, for all his restraint, represented a chance to reclaim Australia for values rooted in Christian morality, national pride, and common sense. His plan to secure borders, reject climate hysteria, and protect families from cultural decay spoke to those of us who see Australia as a God-given inheritance worth defending. But the Liberal Party, corrupted by globalist moderates and spineless careerists, chose to kneel to the world's agenda rather than stand for the cross and the flag. They feared Dutton's conviction because it exposed their own cowardice.

The media, predictably, is spinning this as Dutton being "too right-wing" or "Trump-adjacent." Rubbish. The real sin was that he wasn't bold enough—restrained by a party that muzzled his instincts to avoid offending the woke elite. Voters didn't reject conservatism; they rejected a campaign with no fight, no contrast, no soul. When you offer a watered-down version of Labor's policies, why should anyone bother? The Liberals handed Labor the win by default, exactly as the wreckers intended.

This disaster is a clarion call for Christian conservative nationalists. The Liberal Party, as it stands, is a hollowed-out shell, more interested in cocktail circuits than conviction. We can't rely on it to carry the torch. The base—ordinary Aussies in the suburbs and the bush—wants a party that fights unapologetically for faith, family, and sovereignty. Minor parties like One Nation and the Libertarians are gaining traction because they're listening. The Liberals need a purge: ditch the moderates, break the factions, and rebuild around leaders who fear God more than focus groups.

Dutton didn't lose because he was too conservative; he lost because his own party ensured he couldn't be conservative enough. The sabotage of 2025 must be the death knell for the old Liberal Party and the birth of something new—a movement that puts Australia first, under God, without apology. Let's remember this betrayal, roll up our sleeves, and build a future worth fighting for.

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"Let's not sugar-coat it—Peter Dutton was never meant to win this election.

Not because he lacked the leadership. Not because Australians didn't want change. But because his own party made damn sure he'd lose.

Peter Dutton's campaign was deliberately undermined by internal factions in the Liberal Party who feared his conservative leadership.

A clear and strategic campaign plan from Dutton's office was sabotaged by party insiders through delay, message dilution, and refusal to fund ads.

Leaks and internal betrayals by moderates, Photios loyalists, and even elements of the NSW Right were coordinated to destabilise Dutton.

The party's focus on winning back Teal seats alienated the conservative base and ignored the desires of suburban and rural Australians.

The loss was not due to Dutton's ideology, but to a calculated effort by internal rivals to ensure his defeat and preserve their own influence.

This wasn't a stuff-up. It wasn't bad luck. This was premeditated political sabotage—a coordinated takedown by factional cowards, backstabbing opportunists, and hollow men whose loyalty lies not with voters, not with the country, but with their own futures.

They're already trying to rewrite history. The media narrative is locked and loaded: Dutton was too right wing to win. Rubbish. If anything, he was too restrained. He didn't step to the right—he stepped aside. He avoided the fights he could've won. He muted his instincts in the hope of keeping the wreckers in the tent.

It wasn't enough. It was never going to be enough.

Months ago, Dutton had the momentum. He was ahead in the polls. Australians were listening. There was a clear plan, forged before Christmas, to start 2025 with a political onslaught: hit the ground running in January, frame the debate, take the fight to Labor early.

That plan came directly from Dutton's office. A 12-point blueprint for restoring the nation—a structured, disciplined pitch to voters who were crying out for direction. It may not have been flashy, but it was real. It had intent. It had direction.

And the political machine killed it.

The Liberal Party's internal wreckers—the "moderates", enabled by weak-willed so-called conservatives in NSW—torched the strategy before it could take off. They scoffed at it. They delayed. They pulled the plug on ad buys. They muddied the message until there was nothing left but bland fog.

Instead of leading, the campaign limped. Instead of clarity, confusion. Instead of selling the vision, they buried it.

Then came the leaks. Cowards in campaign HQ started whispering to journos—blaming Dutton's office, blaming "the Right," blaming everyone except the ones who had just gutted their own campaign.

These leaks weren't accidents. They were knives. Thrown with purpose.

And make no mistake: the Liberal Party is crawling with this breed of political assassin. The Black Hand—that shadowy circle of self-serving moderates who would rather the Coalition burn than let a conservative lead it. Their playbook is centuries old: divide, delay, destabilise, destroy.

In New South Wales, these types are the Armani-suited influence peddlers in the Liberals who treat politics like a cocktail circuit. They don't build movements. They stack preselections and count donor dollars. And after they get their men and women into office they use their influence to lobby on behalf of major corporates, collecting fat wads of cash along the way. It's all a grift for these guys.

Add in Turnbull's bitter old guard—still licking their wounds from 2018 when Dutton helped end their man's disastrous tenure—and you've got a perfect storm of betrayal.

But even that wasn't enough. Figures inside the NSW Liberal Right—yes, the so-called Right—also wanted Dutton gone. Why? Because he's from Queensland. Because if he won, the party's centre of gravity would shift north—and their little empires would shrink.

A proof point of all of this lies with Liberal candidate Benjamin Britton who was disendorsed for daring to speak truths about women in combat roles—truths backed by the likes of the late Jim Molan and Andrew Hastie.

Britton was loyal to Dutton over and above the party factional warlords.

After he was given the heave-ho, Britton said the quiet part out loud:

The left faction works hand in glove with members of the right faction, who are traitors, to stab Peter Dutton in the back so they can roll him as leader.

He was right.

This election wasn't a defeat. It was a hit job.

And while the internal cowards were swinging blades, the campaign geniuses decided to chase the Teal vote—pouring energy into trying to win back inner-city seats that despise the Liberal Party. Seats filled with elites who want open borders, gender ideology in schools, and bigger government. The Liberals tried to court them. And in doing so, they spat on their base.

Here's a blunt truth: let the Teal seats go. Let them walk. Stop crawling back to people who hate you. The more you pander to the aberration, the more you alienate the faithful—and the ordinary Aussies in the suburbs and the bush who actually want their country back.

And now, as the dust settles, the media will trot out the usual excuses. Dutton was too harsh. Too scary. Too Trump-adjacent. Yes, believe it or not, some are blaming Donald Trump for the Liberals' loss.

But here's the real reason the Coalition lost: no contrast. No fight. No authenticity.

Voters didn't see a clear choice, so they defaulted to the devil they knew.

And that's exactly what the wreckers inside the Liberal Party wanted.

I've spoken to people close to this campaign—seasoned, experienced campaigners. They say they've never seen anything like it. One put it plainly:

"It's like they were trying to throw the election from the start."

And that's exactly what happened.

Peter Dutton didn't lose this campaign. He was set up to fail by people who feared what he represented: a return to conviction, to strength, to conservatism. A leader who might just break the grip of the Sydney factions and give the base something worth voting for again.

And they couldn't have that.

So they blew it up.

Remember that.

Because when the post-mortems roll out—when the hacks and talking heads try to blame Dutton's "tone" or his "instincts"—you'll know the truth.

This was an inside job."