Andrew Hastie had given up and Angus Taylor had put his ambitions on pause. Sussan Ley Leader of the Opposition after a memorial service for former federal Liberal MP Katie Allen followed by a group of Liberal MPs, including James Patterson, Jess Wilson and Ted O’Brien. “The article itself has been deliberately mischaracterised by some as a personal, gendered attack on Ms Ley,” the paper said. Angus Taylor, left, and Andrew Hastie are battling it out for a challenge of the Liberal leadership. Now Mr Hastie is no longer a contender, Mr Taylor, an economist and Rhodes Scholar, could return the party to what many members regard as its core competency.