For the last 20 years I have been very critical of the National party.
Prior to that I worked closely with Ian Sinclair, Mark Vaile, Warren Truss and Tim Fischer. All very decent honourable people. I worked on getting things better for rural communities and farmers.
Along came Barnaby and from my first meeting with him in Parliament House in Canberra it was clear he not only did not understand the detail of policy he was not interested either.
True to his “best retail politician” reputation he was only interested in simplistic glib politics. That will never serve communities and farmers well. Government is a bit more complex than that.
The National position of splitting with the Liberals is a welcome move. In opposition it really doesn’t matter and provided the door is open for remarriage close to an election they can be back in Government.
Barnaby Joyce is good at getting in the media and talking superficially good stuff. The National had the handbrake of the Liberals having to appeal to city voters. That can be a major problem for the Nats on some issues.
David Littleproud can now match it with Barnaby and expose him for the vacuous blowhard he is.
Regional Australia should be in no doubt One Nation will go nowhere, we need a strong opposition to win the next election. A split ticket is the best way forward.
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The only thing the detestable and incompetent Nationals “represent” is themselves purely driven by self interest.
The Gnats can’t be the opposition – they aren’t the party with next largest number of seats.
They can only be opposition if in coalition with Libs.
David more interested in spruiking nuclear power instead of fixing the roads, Barney is just out for the money