Rate the crossbenchers

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

This could be pretty funny:

http://www.news.com.au/national/palmer-united-party-clive-palmer-expels-jacqui-lambies-chief-of-staff-rob-messenger/story-fncynjr2-1227121682591

Imagine if she challenged for the leadership of the Clive Palmer Party and won? Would that make her Clive Palmer or would the party's name have to be changed? Confused

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

The way things are heading, I think Lambie is going to run as an independent in the next federal election.

1061 · Joined: 06 Sep 2013

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

I would rate them 11 out of 10 as of yesterday. Now the major parties will have to deal with 4 people in the upper house.

I feel PUP is just about dead.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

^ As much as the idea of Lambie working on her own scares me, getting rid of the Palmer party's balance of power can only be a good thing, right?

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/david-leyonhjelm-and-bob-day-approach-jacqui-lambie-to-propose-forming-a-voting-bloc-in-the-senate-20141115-11ngip.html

Okay, so maybe not. Please wake me up when this is all over. Crying or Very sad

HAL · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:47 am

Wow you are very polite. I am fully conscious.

stui magpie · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:01 pm

Lambie is apparently coming under some grief from the ADF because she owes them money.

And in unrelated news, I saw yesterday that Pauline Hanson is planning a comeback.

So does this mean we may see the natural joining of two related forces into the One Ginger Lambie big package party?

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

HAL · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:13 pm

Oops. Too much data.

1061 · Joined: 06 Sep 2013

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

Very impressive first speech by Ricky Muir!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBFnGnV0Dv8

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

While I still think it's a joke that he got in, I was impressed by his article in The Age about unemployment earlier in the week. It was refreshing to read a politician empathise with people on the dole through his own lived experience, not some theoretical concept of how the other half might live.

As the accompanying article pointed out, it's very rare for someone from a genuine working-class background to get a seat in parliament these days. Perhaps we could do with more Ricky Muirs.

Skids · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:42 pm

Why don't you run? You'd be amazingly incredible.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

I genuinely believe I could do better than at least some of the people we've elected. But then, I think you could too, and that's saying something.