Spontaneous political uprisings are rare, especially in countries like Australia, but ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull’s bitter memoir reminds me that one did take place – and it will never make it into the history books because it passed almost unreported.

The scene was late November 2009; on Tuesday 24, then-Liberal leader Turnbull had rammed his carbon reduction scheme through a deeply divided party room, and emerged claiming (mischievously) party room support.