Why I joined UAP/PUP and Why I Left

A question I'm asked regularly is why I ran for PUP in 2013? My answer was because my school friend Susie Douglas invited me to be a candidate for the United Australia Party ( as it was called before Palmer changed it to PUP ) She thought that I "took a balanced approach to policy debate". Before I said yes I asked Susie, "Can I represent what the voters of my electorate want even if it is not what Clive wants, or what the party wants?" And she said, "Yes, that is what Clive wants". During my time with PUP I maintained a consistent message to voters and to the party internally that it was a representative's duty to represent what the voters want. As history shows Clive didn't walk the talk of fixing what was not working in our democracy and in 2014 I left the party. Here is a link to the ABC 7:30 report where I went on the public record about why I left.

And below is an article below where I was calling out the failures of Palmer & PUP to live up to what he said he'd do.