Political crisis on both sides of the Tasman

UPDATE: Wait – what? Simon Bridges expense leaker came from inside National and is now threatening self harm???

The Daily Blog,

24 August, 2018

This is a ticking time bomb now and the National Party MP either steps down themselves to end this or Bridges pushes ahead, outs the MP himself and then risks that MP hurting themselves.

What a devastating exclusive from Radio NZ…

Exclusive: Text plea to call off Bridges expense leak inquiry
It’s a major development in the saga over who leaked Mr Bridges’ expenses and raises huge questions about the stability of his leadership and disquiet among National MPs.

Sources have told RNZ Mr Bridges and the Speaker Trevor Mallard both received an anonymous text message last week from a person claiming to be responsible for leaking the information to Newshub.

The author of the text warned they suffered from mental health problems in the past and said being exposed publicly could push them over the edge and put their life at risk.

…well, well, well.

How do we know the leaker is a National Party MP?

The text, which RNZ has not seen, detailed a number of conversations and pieces of information from National caucus meetings over a period of weeks in an attempt to prove the author was a National MP.

So the leak came from inside National and now the person who leaked it is desperate to shut down the inquiry before they are outed and are suggesting that if they are outed they will commit self harm???

This is a ticking time bomb now and the National Party MP either steps down themselves to end this or Bridges pushes ahead, outs the MP himself and then risks that MP hurting themselves.

What a meltdown.

Then again, a Machiavellian person  desperately wanting to stop this investigation and needing to throw the whole thing off would make this kind of claim wouldn’t they?

This makes Australia’s current political self-mutilation look mild in comparison.

 

UPDATE: It is NOT an MP

I think this might be satire - lol

TURNBULL RESIGNS: “I want to spend more time with my family trusts”

Chaser.com.au,

22 August, 2015

Admitting he has no hope of holding onto the Federal leadership of the Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull resigned this morning. An emotional Turnbull told reporters he would head back to his native country of Cayman Islands, where he could spend more time with his family trusts.

“It has been a privilege and an honour to be Prime Minister of Australia. I really will be adding it to my LinkedIn profile as soon as I get home,” he said, adding that he might get some good speaking gigs out of it in the coming years. “I hear the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has some spare cash to throw around.”

“I’d like to think that my government is a government that has been in touch with ordinary, everyday billionaires. The battler billionaires.”

Listing all of his legislative achievements while in office, Malcolm Turnbull said, “That’s it for my prepared remarks.”

Australia leadership crisis: Scott Morrison is the PM

Scott Morrison is the new leader of the Liberal Party and the thirtieth prime minister of Australia

He won in the second round of voting, 45-40, against Peter Dutton. Julie Bishop was knocked out in the first round of voting.

Party whip Nola Marino told reporters gathered in Canberra there was an "overwhelming" vote in favour of Josh Frydenberg as deputy leader.

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