Pauline Hanson - Please Explain!
Not sure if the rest of the world knows who Pauline Hanson is - basically she's an ex fish and chip shop owner who got into parliament 20 years ago and gave the most xenophobic, politically naive maiden speech ever, then created a political party of her own after being thrown out of the Libs. She lasted exactly two years before being voted out, and has stood as a candidate for every election since.
She's back in, as of the recent federal election. I just watched a documentary about her political life and the amount of WTF had to be seen to be believed. She's still peddling the "I'm not a racist, but..." line, only now it's directed at Muslims instead of Aboriginals and Asians. Correction - she's got nothing against Muslims, it's Islam she disagrees with. Hmm....
At one point in an interview she was holding forth on Muslims, then she stopped and asked the cameraman if he was a Muslim. He replied that no, he was actually an Aboriginal, and she congratulated him for having a job. Seriously I did not think my jaw could drop any lower.
Later she was confronted with some statistics which gave lie to a line she was spouting, and she told the journalist that the figures were wrong. Journalist pointed out they came from census data, to which Pauline replied "They're just book figures.". WTF????
But it was riveting TV all the same; interesting to see how she was used, and ultimately spat out of, the parliamentary system. It's probably not available overseas, but just in case you use a VPN, here it is: Please Explain. Be warned, you watch at your own peril; I'm not responsible for any remotes thrown through windows.
She's back in, as of the recent federal election. I just watched a documentary about her political life and the amount of WTF had to be seen to be believed. She's still peddling the "I'm not a racist, but..." line, only now it's directed at Muslims instead of Aboriginals and Asians. Correction - she's got nothing against Muslims, it's Islam she disagrees with. Hmm....
At one point in an interview she was holding forth on Muslims, then she stopped and asked the cameraman if he was a Muslim. He replied that no, he was actually an Aboriginal, and she congratulated him for having a job. Seriously I did not think my jaw could drop any lower.
Later she was confronted with some statistics which gave lie to a line she was spouting, and she told the journalist that the figures were wrong. Journalist pointed out they came from census data, to which Pauline replied "They're just book figures.". WTF????
But it was riveting TV all the same; interesting to see how she was used, and ultimately spat out of, the parliamentary system. It's probably not available overseas, but just in case you use a VPN, here it is: Please Explain. Be warned, you watch at your own peril; I'm not responsible for any remotes thrown through windows.