“I had had a commitment for a $10 million allocation to the Wangaratta hospital that if elected, I was going to announce the week after the election, you know that. That is $10 million that Wangaratta hasn’t had because Cathy [McGowan] got elected. “
So said dumped Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella on Sky News last night. It’s a startling admission of what we all know to be true: the federal government is happy to offer pork for its favoured daughters and play politics with hospitals.
In Mirabella’s case it’s a scare tactic to pressure locals to toe the Liberal line and get back funding that was promised — and removed — by the Abbott government in a fit of pique.
But it’s also a rare thing in politics: the bald, ugly truth.
“- – – the bald ugly truth.”
Gray -? “bald” – she has hair. Though certainly somewhat challenged in the pulchritude & probity department.
As own goals go, it was pretty spectacular.
Live on TV no less, with the clip posted to up on the net in no time.
Even more “delicious”, was having Scott Morrison arrive in Indi for a bit of campaigning the very next day. Ah Sophie. The candidate from hell.
Honest or not…a disgusting partisan player in murky worlds inside and outside of politics. There is no truer example of the worst of Liberal politics and politicians than this particular individual. If she gets elected there is no hope for us. If Indi chooses Sophie then it will be akin to those US regions celebrating the rise of Donald Trump.
Times two Mick.
For me Sophie Mirabella is forever inseparable from being called a “Botch” in an SMS that was leaked during the Peter Slipper affair.
A friend of mine ran for a minor party in Indi against her several elections ago. He’s not the sort of person who talks bad of other people, but he reckoned that Sophie Mirabella is one of the nastiest people he’s ever met.
Urinal spawn
I doubt the people of Indi will tolerate this shit thankfully.