Barnaby Joyce resigns as Deputy Prime Minister, Don Brown has put out the tea towel for Joyce - Polidicks

Barnaby Joyce resigns as Deputy Prime Minister, Don Brown has put out the tea towel for Joyce

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[quote]Mr Joyce has faced sustained pressure to step down after revelations of his affair with a former staffer became public. In a separate matter, Mr Joyce is also the subject of a sexual harassment claim received by the Nationals. Mr Joyce explained his decision to quit the frontbench, saying there had to be some "clear air". He said he would resign at a meeting of the Nationals in Canberra on Monday morning. Mr Joyce said he would sit on the backbench and would not be resigning from parliament. He informed acting Prime Minister Mathias Cormann of his decision to stand down today. Mr Joyce has not said who should replace him as leader and deputy prime minister, but Veterans Affairs Minister Michael McCormack is the leading contender. Reflecting on his leadership, Mr Joyce said it had been an incredible privilege to have been deputy prime minister. But he said he had faced a litany of allegations, although he believed none of them had been sustained. He acknowledged the controversy had left him with little choice. "It is quite evident that you can't go to the dispatch box while issues like that are surrounding you," Mr Joyce told reporters in Armidale in his electorate of New England. He thanked the people of his electorate and said people were backing him even though he suspected some of them did not vote for him. "People literally running up and someone crying, offering their support to me," Mr Joyce said. "I don't deserve the support that you have given me. "At the end, no not hard at all," he said of his dramatic decision to walk away from his powerful roles.[/quote] [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/barnaby-joyce-resigns/9477942[/url]

[QUOTE=Kiwi;53153053]https://twitter.com/donbrownmp/status/966851923331526657[/QUOTE] what does that mean

[QUOTE=ScottyWired;53153077]what does that mean[/QUOTE] Australian press F to pay respects

the less I have to see this cunts weird face on TV the better

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