So it has been announced, by 45 to 41 Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Member for Wentworth has succeeded Brendan Nelson as Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberals. Kim over at Larvatus Prodeo says “Malcolm Turnbull needs to give up on placating all those who still long for the departed Howard’s firm hand.” As much as I am personally not fond of Turnbull, I think he is a good candidate for a new Liberal party, one which divorces itself of the ‘Howard-era Liberal‘ tag. Ok, he’s had his share of fuck ups in his time (I’m thinking Gunns Pulp Mill off the top of my head, but I am sure there are more) but in a lot of ways you could argue he was never really a Howard yes man. He was always…