Mark Latham to join One Nation

[Black Orchid]

Former Labor leader Mark Latham will return to politics, joining Pauling Hanson’s One Nation party in NSW. The political commentator is set to announce the comeback tomorrow morning.

[Neferti]

He is still a BOOF HEAD but has mellowed somewhat. I've seen him on one of Sky's News thingies.

[brian ross]

Latham has been suffering Relevance Deprivation Syndrome since he quit the ALP in a huff. He has had anger management problems for ever it seems. Now he is just focusing his attention on those who threw him out of the ALP's leadership...

[LEFTWINGER supreme]

Labor plant sent over there to finish them off properly

[cods]

I bet he knows a lot about Bill and his connections with the Unions and what billy is capable of...

we can only guess the leftards wont like this......they cant disown him or anything can they...

at least he has experience...

[LEFTWINGER supreme]

Best of luck Mark

[Rorschach]

Latham has been suffering Relevance Deprivation Syndrome since he quit the ALP in a huff. He has had anger management problems for ever it seems. Now he is just focusing his attention on those who threw him out of the ALP's leadership...

Oh wassup bwian?
Someone seen the light and left the fold eh.... tsk, tsk, tsk.... don't worry I'm sure YOU never will.

[Rorschach]

Mark Latham will contest NSW election with One Nation to 'fight for civilisational values'
Michael Koziol
7 November 2018

Former Labor leader Mark Latham has joined One Nation and confirmed he will lead the minor party in NSW as he seeks to enter the upper house at the upcoming state election.

Declaring the stakes were "too high" for him to stay on the sidelines, Mr Latham announced the move on Alan Jones' 2GB radio program on Wednesday morning flanked by federal One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

The former Labor leader has now become the leader of the One Nation party in New South Wales.

"This is a fight for our civilisational values. For free speech, for merit selection, resilience, love of country - all of them under siege from the left, and a lot of it is happening in state politics as much as federal," Mr Latham said.

"I’m in a position and a stage in life where I just can’t stand on the sideline talking about it, I want to get stuck in and play a role as a legislator."

Senator Hanson said she had invited the former Labor leader to lead the One Nation party in NSW and he would be at the top of the Legislative Council ticket at the March state election. If successful, Mr Latham would enjoy an eight-year tenure in the NSW upper house.

Her right-hand man James Ashby has previously named Mr Latham as a potential future leader of One Nation federally.

Mr Latham led federal Labor to a bruising defeat to John Howard in 2004 and has since gravitated toward more conservative political circles, including a brief fling with David Leyonhjelm's Liberal Democrats.

He stressed he wanted to focus on "practical" solutions to problems in NSW, including the key issues of immigration, congestion and overdevelopment in Sydney.

The city had become "unliveable and dysfunctional", Mr Latham told the Today program, and called for an end to urban sprawl and the "rows of apartment towers clogging up our city".

Mr Latham also said he wanted to fix "the failings of the education system", political correctness, identity politics and rising electricity prices.

He said voters once dismissed political correctness as a "novelty" or something amusing, but "now they can see this is a real attempt to march through our institutions, to control our language, our feelings, our behaviour, to fundamentally change the nature of Australia".

"I want to provide people with a third choice to say you can vote One Nation and have practical, common-sense solutions to these big issue in our state," Mr Latham said.

He also slammed "divisive employment quotas" which he said "discriminated against Christians, against white people, against men and boys".

NSW Labor leader Luke Foley immediately ruled out any preference deal with One Nation at next year's state election.

"NSW Labor will not do any preference deals with One Nation. We will not preference One Nation candidates anywhere in NSW. I challenge the Liberals & the Nationals to make the same commitment," Mr Foley tweeted.

Since leaving federal politics, Mr Latham has also had numerous stints as a media commentator for various outlets, but each one ended in unfortunate circumstances.

He fell out with former Spectator magazine editor Tom Switzer, lost a column with Fairfax Media's Australian Financial Review after being outed for abusing domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty online and was sacked by Sky News for speculating about a schoolboy's sexuality on the air.

On Wednesday, a congratulatory Jones said most of the criticism directed at Mr Latham was "based on jealousy".

Senator Hanson said she was "so proud" Mr Latham had joined the party.

"It’s going to be so beneficial to the people of NSW to have him state leader here," she said.

"These major political parties here won't have their own way. We need policies that are driven with ideas and driven by good policies, and to get the state moving."

[LEFTWINGER supreme]

I actually didn't mind Latham , tell you what I will do, if a dumb nation candidate runs on my electorate I will put him/her above Libs

[cods]

I actually didn't mind Latham , tell you what I will do, if a dumb nation candidate runs on my electorate I will put him/her above Libs

we know ltard we know....you are very transparent pet..