SUPPORT for independent MP Rob Oakeshott in his Port Macquarie electorate has plummeted to just 14.8 per cent primary support.

A mid-north coast newspaper said the poll of just under 500 people found support for the MP had collapsed.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/poll-shocker-for-mp-rob-oakeshott-as-support-plunges/story-e6freuzi-1226122437449

Rob,

After shafting your electorate, I would suggest that you dust off your Resume.

Bitter, nasty, probably true.
But standard issue bunkum from this forums usual suspect.

Belly,

I gotta love you. You always feel the need to add a disclaimer to my posts.

Do you remember just after the election we were debating who the independents were going to support. My comment was "Given that the electorates of Windsor and Oakeshott are very conservative, neither of them would be stupid enough to back Labor"

I was wrong, they were that stupid. They are both now looking down the barrel of a possible new election with the obvious result. This is almost certainly why they are backing the weasel Thomson.

SM,

Yes indeed, gotta love the web you try to weave
in your practice to deceive.

There's quite a great deal that you've left out
in your opening post.

Firstly, the Port Paper that you quote from is a
heavily partisan paper. In fact it's not a newspaper
as such but a mouthpiece for the National Party.

The article to which you refer was written by a staff
member who worked for the Nationals' MP Luke Hartsuyler,
whose electorate borders Mr Oakeshott's and who launched
an attack in Parliament yesterday.

Nationals' MPs have been targeting the seats held by
Independent members who are backing Labor in the minority
government.

Clearly there should be an investigation into the newly
established New South Wales mid-north coast newspaper -
which has ties to the National Party. And equally clearly,
one can only take what it prints with a pinch of salt.

Sorry SM I can not share that emotion about you.
I do however feel a touch sorry for you.
Consider these unpalatable facts.
Rob Oakshot left the Nationals a very long time ago.
He held a seat in the NSW Parliament for some time.
The seat he now holds, was the seat of the former Deputy Prime Minister.
A man who, in the middle of his political career, left the Parliament under a cloud.
1 of seven Howard Ministers to do so, sneak out while the going was good.
Oakshot, as an independent, WON! that conservative seat! in a trot.
Windsor too had just such a history, your claim they betrayed conservatives is ,frankly amusing.
London to a brick your team, late next year or early the next, takes government.
What will you say if you need to deal with others? besides your party's lap dog the Nationals.

Nice try Lexi,

The ex staffer who used to work for the nationals commissioned research by Australian market research company ReachTEL, and did not do it themselves.

You can find the results here:

http://www.reachtel.com.au/blog/lyne-electorate-oakeshott-poll

"This survey was conducted using an automated telephone based survey system among 448 voters. Telephone numbers and the person within the household were selected at random. The results have been weighted by gender and age to reflect the population according to ABS figures. Please note that due to rounding, not all tables necessarily total 100% and subtotals may also vary. Copyright ReachTEL Pty Ltd."

Lets see you wiggle your way out of this, unless of course Reachtel is a coalition propaganda mouthpiece.