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Post by **Pies4shaw** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:16 pm

This could be pretty funny:

http://www.news.com.au/national/palmer- ... 7121682591

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?

Post by **Jezza** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:53 pm

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

1061 · Post by **1061** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:16 pm

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

She might be flocked by then.

Which is a pity because I think she went into politics with better intentions than say Julia or Julie but the machine hasn't finished with her yet.

Post by **David** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:55 am

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:31 am

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.

Post by **David** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:42 am

^ 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/ ... 1ngip.html

Okay, so maybe not. Please wake me up when this is all over.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:47 am

Wow you are very polite. I am fully conscious.

Post by **stui magpie** » 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 · Post by **Culprit** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:11 pm

stui magpie wrote: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?

Paulines $$ have run out, she knows she won't win but gets $3 a vote.

Lambie will cop heaps because now she is voting against the current Government, she was OK whilst she was for them. Hmmm Peter Slipper comes to mind. lol

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:13 pm

Oops. Too much data.

1061 · Post by **1061** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:17 pm

Culprit wrote: Hmmm Peter Slipper comes to mind. lol

But I actually think she has bigger hee hee's than Slipper.

Post by **Jezza** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:41 pm

Very impressive first speech by Ricky Muir!

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

Post by **David** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:22 pm

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 · Post by **Skids** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:42 pm

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

Post by **David** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:58 pm

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.

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