All the experts - aka boofheads - were wrong again about the Hunter Valley by-election.

The ALP “workers party” received a mere 21% of the primary vote in a working class, coal-dependent seat.

A smack in the chops too for Green-backing Malcolm Turnbull

Labor calling themselves the "Workers Party" is like the Greens calling themselves "Local Enterprise" !

Labor and the greens are competing for the inner city liberals.

The working class are more more voting for the coalition.

Upper Hunter is a seat held by the Country/National Party for the past 90 years. A million dollar by-election brought on by the resignation of yet another reprobate from the Coalition, the accused rapist Nationals MP Michael Johnsen. Upper Hunter is a blue ribbon National Party seat, yet their primary vote was down to 31%. A $600 million pork barrel from Morrison in the form of an un-economic gas fired power station in the region didn't harm the Nationals chances. A power plant that is estimated to be operational 2% of the time, and employ a workforce of 10. No wonder private investment wont touch it with a forty foot poll!

The party that copped the biggest hiding was the Shooters and Hooters, who see themselves as the successors to the Nationals, at least in NSW, their vote almost halved. A party that has only one policy, the widespread use of guns will eventually come unstuck, and that's what has happened to the Shooters and Hooters in the Upper Hunter, no policies, no votes.

Paul.

Seems that the Greens weren’t too popular, wonder why ?

Issy,

Unlike the Shooters, Hooters and Fools Party, the Greens never had aspirations of winning in a cow cocky seat like Upper Hunter. Unlike your mob who were trumpeting victory before the vote took place. You claim to be the natural successors to the National Party, your vote halved, WHAT HAPPENED?

BTW, your party has had a change of name, yet again. 95% of the membership said they weren't represented in the name, so Fat Bob and Dumb Bob added Fools to the end, now you're all included Shooters, Hooters and Fools. I recommend , don't keep stretching the parties name, keep it simple, you sure have enough simpletons for members. The Fruitcake Party, that would cover the lot of you.