“We had to go our own ways”: Jacqui Lambie opens up about ex-boss Clive Palmer
<p>Jacqui Lambie, who worked with Clive Palmer in Tasmania, has let the Australian people know her thoughts on his endless campaigning. She told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/im-definitely-a-better-leader-jacqui-lambie-on-her-former-boss-clive-palmer/news-story/7caefa72010ddf17f148cddc7ebf4bc2" target="_blank">news.com.au</a>:</p>
<p>“Ah Clive. He’s obviously passionate, so good luck to him,” she said.</p>
<p>“I just wish I could get through a footy game on TV every now and then without him giving me the thumbs up though!”</p>
<p>As Lambie was elected under his banner to the Senate to represent Tasmania in the 2013 election, the duo were quite close for a time.</p>
<p>Back then, Clive Palmer’s party was called the Palmer United Party, but is now known as the United Australia Party after a $50 million advertising campaign focusing on the rebrand.</p>
<p>Lambie entered the Senate in 2014, but a few months later was forced to say goodbye to Palmer as she sat as an independent until November 2017.</p>
<p>Lambie then left parliament over the Section 44 dual citizenship scandal that saw many politicians leave parliament as well.</p>
<p>As the pair traded insults back in 2014 after their messy split, many were curious as to whether there’s still bad blood between them. There’s a possibility they could be working closely in parliament as Palmer is after a Senate spot for Queensland and Lambie is after a Senate spot for Tasmania.</p>
<p>Lambie explained her thoughts on whether there’s bad blood between the pair.</p>
<p>“Look, Clive helped me a lot and there are definitely no grudges, but we got to a point where his views on what was best for Tasmania and mine diverged, so we had to go our own ways,” she said of her history with Palmer.</p>
<p>“I’m definitely a better leader than a follower, let’s put it that way.”</p>
<p>Lambie is also very passionate about getting into the Senate and her authenticity is something that sets her apart from the rest of the politicians as she didn’t grow up in the political system.</p>
<p>When Lambie was asked about how it would feel to get back into the Senate, she said “it means the world to me.”</p>
<p>“It took me a little while to find my feet and get the lay of the land, but I was starting to get some good results for Tasmanians before I left.</p>
<p>“Of course the deals that I had made were all ignored as soon as I was kicked out of the Senate, so I have some chits to collect when I get back in there,” Lambie explained.</p>
<p>“In seriousness though, I went into politics to speak for people like me who were being thrown on the rubbish pile and ignored.</p>
<p>“Those people are still being ignored and it kills me to think that no one is fighting for them.”</p>
