Palmer is a lying bully. He tries to scare everyone around him into submission and those who stand up to him, he either insults, threatens or sues. His sole purpose is to promote himself. Every night we see his TV adverts that finish in 'Vote Clive Palmer for Prime Minister' which suggests he doesn't even know how the election process works.

After his idiotic rant on Q & A he tries to soften it by saying "My comments not intended to refer to Chinese people but to a Chinese company..." So is he saying this Chinese company shoots its own people and has no Justice system? That makes no sense at all.

Let's not forget the Chinese company has accused him of using their funds inappropriately to fund his campaign, which he probably did. The Chinese company is not at fault, its bully Clive blaming everyone but himself. Apparently he thinks we can't see through his lies. I believe he has no respect for the general populace whatsoever.

I'm very surprised to see he suckered Poirot into accepting his explanation.

"... are his outbursts simply the defence mechanism of a businessman who has overstepped the mark with an international joint venture?"

I think it is the reaction of an ego which didn't get its own way on an issue attached to a Senator who too often acts so dense it is a surprise he doesn't have his own event horizon.

"...can Australia afford maintaining him in a position of power?"

Yes, we have to accept the good with the bad as long as people in this country apply our constitutional rule of law.

With Clive Palmer the choice is to have him inside the tent, outside the tent... or wearing it.

ConsevativeHippie,

"I'm very surprised to see he suckered Poirot into accepting his explanation.

Who said I accepted his explanation?

I posted his tweet in reply to Pericles' question and to demonstrate Palmer just ran off at the mouth at the Chinese in general because he's dirty on some business deal.

He appears to have been labouring under the misapprehension that the rhetoric that served him in business is going to serve him equally well in politics.

Big mistake.....

Poirot, I stand corrected after re-reading your post.

Was Clive right when he said that the Chinese shoot their own people?

Remember the incident in the famous Square?

If China wanted to invade Australia then she has enough people to do it and we couldn't manufacture ammunition fast enough to stop them.

Is Mise,

Lol!..."If China wanted to invade Australia then she has enough people to do it and we couldn't manufacture ammunition fast enough to stop them."

And do yer reckon the US would stand idly by under such circs?

Notwithstanding that the US has its own challenges...the idea of China "at this particular juncture in history" pulling a stunt like that...is kinda out of the question.

They're quite happily toodling along beating the West at its own game of "captalism"...buying up reserves of land in Africa and elsewhere to grow food, etc....they don't need to start an international conflict to further their development.

Methinks.

(ConservativeHippie - thanks for that:)