'The Liberal Party stood for nothing': ex-Liberal MP slams party's election campaign

'The Liberal Party stood for nothing': Former Liberal MP Tim Smith slams party's election campaign

"What did the Liberal Party stand for in this election? What was the point of difference between the Liberal Party and the Andrews Government?" Mr Smith asked. "What was the Liberal's vision for the next four years? What was the point of difference on debt? What was the point of difference on tax? Why did we not talk about cost of living from the moment the federal election concluded in May? Why didn't we have a cost of living package ready to go?"

The former member for Kew was instrumental in Matthew Guy's return to the Liberal leadership in 2020, before spectacularly falling out with his former colleague when the Liberal leader publicly called for him to not recontest the 2022 election. "We were talking about the wrong things, we didn't have a vision, we hadn't done the policy work," Mr Smith said.

But the strongest criticism was saved for former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who responded to the Victorian election result by taking to Twitter to claim"the Liberal Party has been taken over by the hard right".

TimSmithMP What did you do to help? You are equal I’d say, didn’t show any leadership

Tim, with all due respect, the difference between the two parties was so large you could drive an average sized family sedan through the gap without hitting anything. Well. I could.

He is thanking himself for nothing

TimSmithMP Tim-an hour of your ego tripping, self opinionated loudly broadcasted crap whilst I was volunteering a pre- polling highlighted much of what is wrong with the Victorian Liberal Party. I’m sure SKY will be a fine new home for you.

They couldn't have been more different.. it's Timmy on the drink again?

I love how Timmy slates all the Libs woes onto others. It wasn’t me Sir, it was the other boys.

Lol, Tim Smith never stood for anything so he's one to talk! But it's true, the LNPCorruptionParty stands for nothing but their own self interest.

You've really gotta admire the drink driving disgraced mp for being unable to tell the parties apart, kinda how he couldn't tell the road apart from the kids bedroom.

Agree

Kinda sad

TimSmithMP You are right Tim. I watched you election night & you had the courage to speak straight out. Shocking that Peta felt sympathy for Dan- a real slap for Liberal voters.

The election is a farce everything is controlled by the lobbyists who in turn are controlled by big business eg big pharma and the WEF .It does not matter who wins they all come from the same stable.

Clean out old boys club & those who served with Kennett, Napthine, Baillieu. Move on from Liberal DNA of slash & burn everything. BUILD rather than dismantle. Bringing back Guy was fatal as was Treasurer not knowing costs & nutter candidates, where's the checks. LiberalVictoria

As the LNP have moved further left... it has become harder to distinguish the difference between the two major parties.

Has Tim Smith fixed the fence yet that he crashed into while drunk driving where he almost killed an 8 year old child? SpringSt VicVotes

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Liberal Party ‘out for another eight years’ in Victoria: Tim SmithFormer Liberal MP Tim Smith says he doesn’t mean to be a “catastrophist”, but he thinks the Liberal Party will be “out for another eight years” in Victoria. Legitimising the green agenda and not being a fucking opposition party when it mattered most sure did wonders for the Liberal Party didn't it?🤪 Amazing news, hopefully in 8 years the liberal party will all be but a memory. They will out until he fucks off I reckon
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

The Liberals have lost the ‘values’ that underpin the PartyFormer Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger says the Liberal Party is playing 'defensive' in every election, the question is what is the Liberal Party “strongly in favour of”. “I’m talking about cultural issues, not a bigger road here, a new hospital there, I mean these transactional policies which you have to have,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “But they don’t tell you the core of what the political party believes in. “So, what are the values which underpin the Liberal Party – that’s what been lost.” Yep. Just running 10 steps behind the woke folk. Pathetic. A: Power for the sake of it Maybe policies and cooker free candidates instead of personal crazy attacks would work. Ie a credible alternative that doesn’t grift public money to donors
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

‘Dreadful’ result for the Victorian Liberal Party: Andrew ClennellSky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Labor’s win in the Victorian election is a “dreadful result” for the state Liberal Party. “How do you send a message to a government that’s been in so long if you don’t at least pick up a couple of seats?”, he said. “It’s hard to hold a government to account in that sort of circumstance.” 👀 But a great result for people who believe in reality, science and not killing off your voter base in a pandemic!!!!
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

Victorian Liberal party left shellshocked after another heavy election defeatOpposition leader Matthew Guy concedes the Coalition has ‘a lot of work to do’ after losing six of past seven elections Good Some people just ain't up to the job. Time to try something else. A nice little franchise perhaps. Remarkable considering we have such a right winged and biased media saturation via Murdoch and Costello. We Victorians are way smarter than those sycophants 👏
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

Matthew Guy resigns as Liberal leader as party mounts fight against tealsThe Victorian Liberal Party will elect a new leader after Matthew Guy announced his resignation on Sunday following an historic third election victory for Premier Daniel Andrews. Is there a counselling Hotline? Paul Whittaker should resign as well
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

Where does the Liberal Party go from here?Readers discuss Labor’s victory in the state election, and the failure of Matthew Guy’s Liberals. RT claytoonz have you tried using boats? Dutton is not fit to be opposition leader. Racist, stupid, sexist, and anti-science. Australia’s democracy deserves decent debate. Wut?
Source: theage - 🏆 8. / 77 Read more »