One Nation (NSW Division) Media Release - 19/8/2008
The Liberal Party Will Regret The Day They Made Malcolm Turnbull Leader
Malcolm Turnbull's ascent to the role of Leader of the Opposition should only be seen as a good thing by those who think it is a tribute to Australian democracy that anyone with spare $600,000 to campaign with can win a seat in parliament.
Despite the hype by his media and Liberal Party supporters his credentials to be either Leader of the Opposition or Prime Minister are weak.
The much-lauded case he ran for publication of "Spycatcher" was a great embarrassment to the British Intelligence establishment and MI5, but they are supposed to be our friends, with who we now seek close co-operation in the so-called "war on terror". If Malcolm Turnbull ever
becomes Prime Minister of Australia the British might well think "With friends like that we don't need enemies".
He is admired for his success as a merchant banker, but it was the avaricious multinational banking fraternity that brought us the latest disastrous global economic meltdown.
The fact he once was a business associate of former Labor Premier Neville Wran seems to call into question his real devotion to the free-enterprise, conservative Liberal cause.
The Liberal Party once stood for freedom, but the main freedom that seems to interest him, and a lot of other Liberals, is the freedom to make money.
One Nation also asks, if he is as smart as his supporters say he is, why can't he see through the hoax of global warming?
He boasted after the 2007 Federal Election that his seat had a swing in the Liberals' favour, but the Liberal vote in Wentworth in 2007 actually declined. In 2004 the real Liberal vote was the sum of his 40.27 % and the disendorsed Liberal Peter King's 15.67%, totalling 55.94 %, therefore his 50.37 % in 2007 represented a decrease of 5.57 %. Sitting on 50.37 % with the Greens and Labor totalling 45 per cent means he only has to alienate a small percentage of the diverse range of Wentworth Liberal voters, such as those who don't like his republican views, to lose the seat.
Which is one reason the Liberals will regret the day they ever gave Malcolm the reins of leadership.
Statement issued September 24th, 2008 on behalf of One Nation (NSW Division) by Bob Vinnicombe Publicity Officer
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