"On Thursday the Victorian Farmers Federation put out a blunt media release: “End the rhetoric and tell us what you’re going to do for farmers”. I’m damned sure the good ol‘ boys that head up the National Party aren’t going to be able to tell us — they’re too busy awaiting instructions from the Liberals. Warren Truss always looks like he gives “wet fish” handshake while John Cobb reminds you of someone playing the part of a Hayseed. But of late, Barnaby Joyce takes the cake, supporting the Coalition’s carbon emissions reduction policy, which most farmers hate, and then a Liberal parliamentarian’s campaign in Indi, a part of the world where there is considerable tension between the two parties. Not to mention the brawl that is going on in the federal seat of Mallee between the two parties. Then again, Barnaby was seen campaigning in the electorate of New England in NSW, which he hopes to represent after the next election, wearing a Queensland State of Origin jersey; which probably tells you something about the man. Somehow I think it might be time for the blokes to hop into the back seat of the truck and let some of the impressive women in the National Party steer it in the right direction. Because it’s been going in reverse for long enough."
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:57:39 +0000