Hastie has been very clear that he is not after the leadership, but you have to give him credit. Hastie lounging on a Ford looking chill is more flattering to the Liberal brand than Ley muttering demands for loyalty before wandering off camera into the darkness. Hastie is also smart to frame the deindustrialisation argument around energy. Maybe not cars, because the modern union movement is allergic to productivity, but there are other things we need. Andrew Hastie showed strength when he informed Sussan Ley last week that he would quit the frontbench if the party adopted Labor’s Net Zero by 2050 target.