'A living hell': Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine on 3AW. The right-leaning pair crossed swords on Monday night when Devine accused Bolt of only believing polls when they spelt doom for Turnbull. "So you're saying," Devine told Bolt, "on the one hand you don't believe the polls when they came to Tony Abbott, but you do believe the polls now when it comes to Malcolm Turnbull?" "Miranda, this is so frustrating. You ascribe to me a view that I don't hold, then when I correct it, instead of listening and accepting it, you once again say the same thing," retorted Bolt. "Oh Andrew, we're not getting anywhere here."

Steve Price and Andrew Bolt, a regular panelist on Price's 3AW Nights show. The pair continued debating polls before Bolt threatened to hang up on Devine and complained she was impossible to work with. Devine and Bolt were also in disagreement over whose radio show they were on. "Andrew this is fruitless," Devine said. "I know," Bolt replied. "For Christ's sake, Miranda, listen to what I'm saying. If you give me a question, I'll answer it and if you keep interrupting me, I'm afraid I'm going to hang up."

"Oh Andrew, don't do this. We've got five weeks. We have to get on." "Miranda, in that case you're describing a living hell for me." "Well Andrew, this is my show so you don't dictate to me what I do." "No, it's our show," Bolt retorted. "If it's your show, how about you do it without me?" "If that's what you want to do."

"I think it is, if you're going to go on like this," Bolt threatened, before accusing Devine of being the problem. "Funnily enough, I managed to do very nicely with every other fill-in except you," he said. The 10-minute exchange worked listeners into a lather, with Twitter users calling it "both infuriating and compelling listening". "Bolt vs Miranda Devine on 2GB is interesting radio," wrote another person. "The frustration from both of them is amusing."

Others called it a refreshing change and the best radio they'd heard in years. "So refreshing to have Miranda Devine not being a sycophant to Bolt like what Steve Price is to him. Bolt's flustered!" But a number of people said they'd tune out until Steve Price returned, accusing them of having "derangement syndrome". The pair are set to return to the airwaves at 8pm on Tuesday night.