is not something a party does lightly. It is a particularly serious issue if the Prime Minister in question is (unlike some) more popular than the Opposition Leader.
It is not done without reason either. A long streak of poll losses may have something to do with the issue. There may well be other reasons as well.
The previous Downunder Prime Minister lost his job as Prime Minister. He did not lose his job as the member for his electorate. He had no business to resign from that. He should have waited until the election and simply said he was not going to stand again. People would have accepted that, expected it even.
Since then he failed to endorse the party's candidate for the seat ("I'm not commenting. I'm not in politics any longer."), criticised government policy, undermined government relations with another country, and yet again showed his contempt for the man he ousted in a way designed to undermine his chances of re-election.
Now a party group is asking he be expelled from the party. That would of course allow him to be even more bitter and vindictive than he has already been. And yes, he is bitter and vindictive. He is not a "nice" person at all. I have heard first hand observations of his behaviour from more than one source - and they are not kind.
But the answer isn't to expel him. It is to ask him to show cause as to why he should not be expelled.
That way he can (a) explain his behaviour or (b) resign. Yes?
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