Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is being urged by colleagues to change his mind and avoid betraying the party that allowed him to serve as deputy prime minister, as he plots a move to join forces with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

After this masthead revealed on Friday that he was in advanced talks with Hanson, Joyce confirmed he would not stand for his seat of New England at the next election and said his relationship with the Nationals was irreparable.

But party leader David Littleproud, who has butted heads with Joyce for years, said on Sunday that the matter was not beyond resolution.

“He hasn’t tendered a resignation from the National Party,” Littleproud said on Channel Nine’s Today .

“He’s made it clear to his party members that he won’t be recontesting the seat of New E

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