theauspolchronicles:

Conspiracy theorist Pete Evans has decided to run for the Senate as part of a micro party founded by a bankrupt former One Nation member.

We all know who Evans is, unfortunately. We don’t really need to reiterate all the ways he’s a science-denying antisemitic 5G conspiracy weirdo whose constant spew of misinformation has led to his book publisher dropping him, Facebook banning him, and Woolworths, Coles, and other stores, dropping items related to him. You’re probably aware of this giant dickhead. If you’re not: what rock have you been living under and can I stay there? Is the rent decent? Please God, I just want to stop hearing about this dickhead.

Who he’s running for though? Now, that’s less well known.

The Great Australia Party (or GAP - as in, there’s a big gap between what they believe and what’s rational and logical) was founded by Rod Culleton, a man who was briefly a One Nation Senator in 2016 until party infighting led to him becoming an independent and then shortly thereafter he was found ineligible by section 44 of the constitution for bankruptcy! (Financial, not moral, because they let any morally bankrupt person into parliament - something Evans is really counting on.) The party ran 5 candidates last federal election and managed to get an underwhelming approximately 5300 votes. Look out. They’re coming for your racist uncle’s fourth preference.

Culleton also believes he has the right to appeal his ineligibility with the Privy Council of the UK because apparently he hasn’t read the constitution, and thinks the Australia Act (1986) doesn’t exist. This has thus far resulted in absolutely nothing happening. Good law man. Good strong law ideas from someone so awful that he couldn’t even be in One Nation. Woo.

With that sparkling resume, Evans has decided that this is the kind of party he wants to be part of. Nothing better to help kickstart your political career like joining the ranks of a forgotten One Nation reject with a criminal conviction for larceny whose grasp of the law is as flimsy as Evans’ grasp of health and science is. Together they’ll make the perfect pair of racist conspiracy uncles that everyone wishes would just shut the fuck up and go away.

With any luck this will be like the time Kanye West said he was running for politics and then just forgot to fill in any of the paperwork.

Pete Evans! So fucking awful he’s not even running for One Nation!