New symbol of the Queensland LNP, there tactics remind me of the Nazi Party?
Liberal thrown out of 'Nats in drag" Natasha Bita 29-10-09 The Australian
A LONG-TIME Liberal Party official has been expelled from Queensland's Liberal National Party after lambasting it as the "National Party in drag".
Phil Williams -- who served on the Liberal Party executive for five years and chaired the LNP's powerful central Brisbane division last year -- was thrown out of the LNP after blowing the whistle on alleged wastage at Brisbane City Council.
But the expulsion letter, signed by party secretary Mary Carroll, reveals that Mr Williams was kicked out of the LNP only after he sent a scathing letter of resignation to party president Bruce McIver, predicting an LNP loss at the next federal election.
"In essence, the LNP is, and always will be, the National Party in drag," he wrote. "It can never, and will never, represent true Liberal Party values.
"Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't change the fact that the beast is still a pig." Mr Williams's letter predicted that the LNP would be "decimated" in the looming federal election and have to be unwound into separate conservative parties.
He said the merger had "disaffected the hard-core Liberal and National Party workers and voters".
"Good luck in trying to man the booths at the upcoming elections," his letter said.
In her letter expelling Mr Williams, Ms Carroll responded that the LNP's state executive meeting on September 18 had resolved to "not accept the resignation", but to expel Mr Williams from the LNP.
"As you are aware, your membership of the LNP has been in question since publication of emails sent by you in November 2008, which raised questions of your compliance with your obligations as a member," she wrote.
Mr Williams said yesterday he had been expelled for "bringing the party into disrepute" by emailing Brisbane's Liberal Lord Mayor Campbell Newman with allegations of waste and maladministration at Brisbane City Council.
Mr Williams, a management consultant, was working at the council at the time as an IT consultant through his employer Fujitsu.
The email -- obtained by the Brisbane media after Mr Williams inadvertently sent it to an ALP city councillor -- claimed that "tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars" of ratepayers' money had been squandered, and described how Mr Williams had witnessed "unproductive staff, ineffective managers and waste on operations and projects".
Mr Williams was sacked from his consultancy job, but Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission later cleared the mayor of any involvement.
Mr Williams -- who was a member of the Liberal Party for 36 years -- yesterday said it seemed "pretty stupid and pointless" to expel him after he had already quit the LNP. He claimed that at least 1000 Liberal Party members had quit the LNP since last year's merger.
"I believe at least 500 of them have joined with the West Australian or Victorian divisions of the Liberal Party," he said.
As chairman of the LNP's central Brisbane division, he had jurisdiction over the federal seats of Ryan, Greenslopes, Brisbane and Oxley.
The latest LNP ruction follows revelations in The Australian this month that long-serving Howard government minister Gary Hardgrave had been sent a "show-cause" letter threatening him with expulsion.
The disciplinary action related to Mr Hardgrave's remark, made while hosting a radio show, that Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek might not have the full support of everyone in his party.
Mr Hardgrave -- who branded the LNP a "bully" -- declined to comment
A interesting article in so many ways. My close Mate Phil Williams who resigned from LNP was instead thrown out of the Party at a 18 September bund meeting, sorry I meant board meeting lead by the Nationals "Eva Braun" aka Mary Carroll. Can you imagine the guy resigns and the LNP with so much hatred in there hearts decides instead that it wants its pound of flesh, so the tell him they won't accept his resignation then they expel him from the LNP.
I had a run in with the "Eva Braun" I guess she liked me because they accepted my letter of resignation back in February of this year. When they read this posting they will probably expel me retroactively to January. Later in this article Phil said, that "at least a 1000 former Liberals had left the LNP since last year's merger."
Phil your numbers are very low, the Liberal Party or should I say the LNP in the North has nothing left of its pre-merger membership. The Nationals Dennis Quick has managed to chase all the Liberals out of the Party up here. There is just a empty shell of former Liberal Party members left. The Nationals or should I say the LNP have no more that 10-15 active members in the far north now.
All the National trash has done what they set out to do and that was to destroy the Liberal Party in Queensland. And with the help of willing Liberal Party traitors like Gary Spence and Geoff Greene they have accomplished that goal.
And that's The Northern Truth!!
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