Breaking Trumpet of Patriots founder Clive Palmer to retire from politics after annoying Aussies with unsolicited texts EnglishHeadline

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Clive Palmer is about to retire from politics after his Trumpet of Patriots political occasion did not safe any seats this election – regardless of him spending greater than $60million to market it.

The Trumpet of Patriots solely secured 1.85 per cent of the first vote, in keeping with information from the Australian Electoral Fee.

On the again of his election blow, Mr Palmer has revealed that he’ll retire from politics and as a substitute give attention to charity work as a substitute. 

‘I am 71 and I am getting too previous for politics,’ he informed The Day by day Telegraph.

‘I might quite spend time serving to the tens of 1000’s which are homeless and hungry on this nation … that is why I’ve donated $5m to Foodbank,’ he mentioned.

The Trumpet of Patriotsnfuriated voters after sending unsolicited texts to cellphones throughout the nation.

The messages have been signed off by Harry Fong, the occasion’s lead Senate candidate for Queensland, and urged folks to ‘Vote1 (sic) Trumpet of Patriots’.

Social media was flooded with folks complaining concerning the messages, with the correspondence ramping up at first of the week.

Clive Palmer is set to retire from politics after his Trumpet of Patriots political party failed to secure any seats this election - despite him spending more than $60million to promote it

Clive Palmer is about to retire from politics after his Trumpet of Patriots political occasion did not safe any seats this election – regardless of him spending greater than $60million to market it

Suellen Wrightson received 3.72 per cent of the vote in the Hunter, near the NSW Central Coast, as of 11pm on Saturday

Suellen Wrightson obtained 3.72 per cent of the vote within the Hunter, close to the NSW Central Coast, as of 11pm on Saturday

Pissed off Australians bought their revenge on MrFong by discovering his cellular quantity on-line and spreading it on social media 

‘His identify is Harry Fong and his information is under. He is eliminated his contact information from his QLD Bar bio however I discovered a earlier one together with his cellular and electronic mail,’ one man posted.

‘I’ve by no means been so happy to be an evening owl as I’m at present. Have at him youngsters, textual content him and let him know the way a lot you’re keen on his spam and be happy to share this put up as vast as doable so everybody can reply to his texts!’

Mr Palmer was grilled by Channel Seven’s Mark Riley on Saturday night time over his election spending and spam textual content technique.

‘You have been the nice disruptor on this marketing campaign, there’s been completely no lacking your spam messages on all of our cellular units,’ Riley mentioned.

‘What was your goal on this marketing campaign? Final time we heard you spent 100-odd million {dollars} and bought about 10 again. You are doing all of your dough, what is the level?’

Mr Palmer replied by saying: ‘Nicely I feel we have got 130,000 Australians homeless for the time being, we have got 3.7million Australians having hassle with meals.

‘So having a debate, having completely different concepts, having disagreements isn’t a nasty factor for a democracy.’ 

The Trumpet of the Patriots, which was started by billionaire Clive Palmer, infuriated voters after sending unsolicited texts to mobile phones across the country

The Trumpet of the Patriots, which was began by billionaire Clive Palmer, infuriated voters after sending unsolicited texts to cellphones throughout the nation

The Trumpet of Patriots picked up simply 2.1 per cent of the first vote and failed to select up any seats as of 11pm on Saturday.

In NSW, the occasion picked up simply 1.9 per cent of the first vote whereas in Victoria they carried out the weakest out of all of the states with simply 1.2 per cent of the vote.

The occasion carried out the strongest in Queensland with 3.52 per cent of the vote.

Trumpet of Patriots’ candidates carried out poorly throughout the board.

Within the Sydney voters of Reid, David Sarikaya obtained 1.5 per cent of the vote, failing to defeat Labor’s Sally Sitou.

In the course of the marketing campaign, Mr Sarikaya confronted a number of studies that he had previously been bankrupt.


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