The statement from a man who suffered at the hands of Tony Windsor:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/federal-election-2016/federal-election-2016-tony-windsor-accused-of-being-student-bully/news-story/9fb80222aa09a357f491ba903a723eee

"Tony Windsor whipped schoolboys’ buttocks with a riding crop and hit their knuckles with the back of a knife, at times until they bled, according to his fellow former students.

Tony Windsor is recontesting his old federal seat of New England. Picture: Craig Greenhill
As the independent candidate for New England steps up his campaign to re-enter federal parliament, six of his former school peers have broken their silence about his alleged behaviour at Tamworth’s Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School in north west NSW, where he had the nickname “Hood Windsor”.

Farrer had a culture, known as “SACK”, that encouraged older students to control younger students through physical punishment and intimidation, similar to conduct of which Mr Windsor is accused. Tamworth cattle and horse breeder Richard Bull, 61, wells up as he tells how Mr Windsor “terrorised” him during his first year of boarding school in 1967 when he was 11 years old.

“He made my life hell that first year at school,” Mr Bull told The Australian.

Mr Bull said he still had scars on his knuckles from when Mr Windsor allegedly slashed his fingers with a knife at the boarding room dinner table, after thumping his hands with it repeatedly."

Is Tony Windsor still the darling of the left?

the left are more concerned about a man who supposedly 40 years ago punched air. They give more air time to this than rape allegations, union corruption or someone like Winsdor who sold out on his electorate by forming a Government that would ensure debt for generations to come. With the left it is all about sides little to do with principle. That is why Turnbull is so dangerous. He undermined and backstabbed an elected PM and now wants people to 'trust' him. Why is isn't running for the Labour party beats me.

Shadow, do you think we should be concerned that nearly half a century ago Tony Windsor behaved in the violent and intimidating way that his school's culture encouraged?

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runner, the accusation that Tony Windsor "sold out his electorate" is baseless. He went with the side that he thought would give his electorate the best deal. Though some of his constituents regarded it a a sellout, many of those people changed their minds when they saw what Tony Abbott was like as PM.

The accusation that it "would ensure debt for generations to come" is extremely dubious, as debt rose faster under Abbott and Turnbull than under Gillard. But even if it were true, why do you think it would be a problem? How do you imagine this would make the people of New England worse off?

It wasn't Abbott's punching the air (or even his punching the wall next to someone's head) that the left are so concerned about, it's the policies Abbott tried to impose on Australia.

The rape allegations were given very little airtime because there was no evidence to support them. What do you think should happen when someone makes a false rape accusation?

As for union corruption, that was given plenty of airtime and there's now a bipartisan consensus to implement measures to stop it reoccurring, though a disagreement as to what should be done (Libs want to reinstate the ABCC, Labor want a Federal ICAC).

Tony Windsor has the liars fouling themselves in fear. Again.
Dragging up childhood misdemeanors from 60 years ago is about as low as it gets for the gutter soldiers. Hope he sues the lot of you.
Bye bye barnyard, you beetroot face fool.

Aidan,

As for dredging up the past, the comparisons are stark. Here, the accusations, of brutal physical abuse, against Tony Windsor are corroborated by several people, who have no political alignment, which in a court of law would be a slam dunk. Notably the left whinge media have not reported it. I believe that TW has "called in the lawyers." This is a gesture, as he wouldn't have a prayer. Similarly, the rape charge against Shorten by a labor cadet, was dismissed for lack of evidence, which is understandable since it was unreported at the time, as are the majority of sexual assaults, gets swept under the rug. Yet the accusations by a left whinge activist, with clear motivation, against Abbott of "punching the air" (not even slightly illegal) which supposedly occurred in a crowded student union without a single witness gets front page coverage.

The view that Tony Windsor sold out his electorate is based on the fact that TW as the elected representative of New England was expected to reflect the views of the electorate, which clearly had no desire to support the incompetent labor/green government.

Finally, there is no consensus as to stopping the illegal activities of the corrupt unions, as Shorten has given them an undertaking to block any oversight. PS, ICAC does not look into unions, only public corruption.

Shadow, are you working for Rupert? Every time I hit one of your crappy links I get an invite to cough up $4 or $8 for the Murdoch Gutter Press.
Catholic brothers and priests took great delight in not only buggery of children, but belting them with canes etc until they were black and blue. Some of the Christianity supported by the holier-than-thou hypocrites of today!