Independent Senator Nick Xenophon to launch new national political party

[raghav]

A good operator is Xenophon and he could be on to something here. Undoubtedly there are many voters who are unhappy with the major parties and the way they go about running/ruining the country and who would be attracted to the option that he has in mind.
I would have no problem in treating very seriously what he has to say.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-...ck-xenophon-to-launch-political-party/5949534

 

[AM]

Once had some time for dear old Nick. Now see him as little more than a populist.

 

[Gough]

History would suggest cults of personality usually end end badly.

 

[telsor]

I doubt it will be especially successful, but an alternative party that doesn't go to the extremes/fringes sounds like a good idea to me.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

The party will be called NXT - Nick Xenophon Team

He announced the candidates tonight



Michael Tarver looks most likely to succeed.

 

[little graham]

When will he go Malaysia and try another political stunt? He proved political stunts in Islamic countries work well.

 

[Maggie5]

Once had some time for dear old Nick. Now see him as little more than a populist.

Yep, me too. Emailed his office re gaming shops (legal) that kids go to and said he only looks after SA.
Told to contact Vic state gov. which I did, Libs did nothing, will try again with Labor.
He seems to be a big noter only when he can't change things.

 

[The Speaker]

Yep, me too. Emailed his office re gaming shops (legal) that kids go to and said he only looks after SA.
Told to contact Vic state gov. which I did, Libs did nothing, will try again with Labor.
He seems to be a big noter only when he can't change things.

SA is his constituency.

 

[Hank Scorpion]

I doubt his party would get too much of the vote.

He's promised to direct preferences against the Liberals in South Australia if ASC doesn't get the submarines contract, so at least he could make it easier to topple Pyne & Southcott.

 

[Gough]

Talking to a friend who would know, internal polling suggests a wipe out for the Lib in suburban SA as it stands.

 

[raghav]

When will he go Malaysia and try another political stunt? He proved political stunts in Islamic countries work well.

Malaysia eh? That's the country where if you are of Chinese or Indian extraction you are a second class citizen in your own country. Xenophon's criticism of their system was right on the money. If you're not a Muslim in Malaysia you're not on an equal footing.

 

[Maggie5]

SA is his constituency.

Thanks for stating the obvious.

However if a Senator or an MP of a state takes on a cause that is of a national nature and speaks on that, why not consider an example from another state that will support his stance?

When he speaks about gambling problems, I don't think it is only gambling in SA.

 

[Slax]

Will be interesting to see how it goes, hopefully stops his preferences getting another FF senator.

 

[pazza]

If Bob Katter can do it..and make a difference (as we have found up there in Queensland)..and that PUP has a core of support nationally, then I don't blame Xenophon from having a go.

 

[raghav]

If he can throw up a candidate in WA I would give serious consideration to supporting him or her.

 

[Ratts of Tobruk]

He announced the candidates tonight



Michael Tarver looks most likely to succeed.

NXT is a pretty clever acronym. Obviously took some tips from what happened to PUP, although the media will probably still pronounce it N-X-T if the part doesn't refer to it as 'Next'.

 

[Malifice]

If he can throw up a candidate in WA I would give serious consideration to supporting him or her.

Just vote Greens. He seems to agree with them most of the time anyway:

Xenophon has been reported in the media as "left-of-centre",[2] while Hansard reveals that Xenophon and the Greens have found common ground on a number of issues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Xenophon

 

[questionable]

Just vote Greens. He seems to agree with them most of the time anyway:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Xenophon

he's come a long way from being a young lib at the centre of a vote-rigging scandal at adelaide uni.

 

[Lebbo73]

NXT is a pretty clever acronym. Obviously took some tips from what happened to PUP, although the media will probably still pronounce it N-X-T if the part doesn't refer to it as 'Next'.

Titleist Golf will probably end up suing him or forcing him too abandon NXT as the name of his party.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Is this still happening?

 

[Hank Scorpion]

Still happening, my earlier call beginning to look foolish.

Galaxy poll earlier in the week had Xenophon poaching 24% in an SA state election (Labor: 28, Libs: 33). Morgan had one a few days before that (also state-level) with him at 20.5%.

The last two Morgan polls federally have had him at 15.0% & 22.5% in SA (very small sample sizes though, hence the big change.)


He's very much a protest vote though. If Turnbull can hold his popularity until the next election (unlikely imo), the Libs might ward off any threat.

 

[Maggie5]

Still happening, my earlier call beginning to look foolish.

Galaxy poll earlier in the week had Xenophon poaching 24% in an SA state election (Labor: 28, Libs: 33). Morgan had one a few days before that (also state-level) with him at 20.5%.

The last two Morgan polls federally have had him at 15.0% & 22.5% in SA (very small sample sizes though, hence the big change.)


He's very much a protest vote though. If Turnbull can hold his popularity until the next election (unlikely imo), the Libs might ward off any threat.

Really like your post on polls, thank you.