Politics

Mark Latham And Pauline Hanson’s New Partnership Is Off To A Spectacularly Bad Start

This could actually be a lot of fun (for us).

by Mitch Feltscheer  7 November 2018
Mark Latham Pauline Hanson One Nation

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Former Labor leader and festering pile of very bad takes Mark Latham is wrapping up his first official day as a One Nation stooge and it’s already been an appropriately idiotic mess.

The sun had barely risen on Day 1 of this new Frankenstein’s monster of a political partnership when things began to go awry. Somehow, a scheduled appearance by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and her new recruit on Channel Ten’s morning show Studio 10 only managed a 50% turnout rate.

Yep, Latham was a no-show, a last-minute move that took everyone by surprise, to the point that they didn’t even have time to remove his empty chair and glass of water from the set. Can we zoom in on that pic a bit, please?

‘Mad World’ starts to fade in from the background.

The hosts of the usually lighthearted program quite rightfully tasted blood in the water and went in for the kill, with panelist Sarah Harris noting how “this empty chair next to you just speaks volumes to the voters who do want change”. Even Joe Hildebrand pulled off a zinger, saying to Hanson “he’s not even become the NSW leader and officially endorsed candidate yet. But he’s already broken his first promise.”

I reckon Pauline’s feeling a little human emotion called regret right about now.

The interview continued as awkwardly as you’d imagine, with Hanson at one point saying with a completely straight-face, while sitting next to an empty Mark Latham sized chair, “I’m not gonna speak on Mark’s behalf”. LMAO, you kinda have to, on account of the fact he didn’t fucking show up! The guy you just hired! You’re his boss now, remember?

The official line from One Nation was that Latham was accidentally double-booked with another media appearance.

The day did not get better for Latham, with Hildebrand later swooping in for an actual go at him in full A Current Affair style:

At one point in that video, Mark chucks the exact same face as he did the very second he fell off that chair that one time.

With this political marriage between two of the absolute worst people in the country still only a day old, we have no doubt there’ll be plenty of opportunities ahead for them to completely, utterly fuck everything up. Stay tuned…