Questions have been raised about Lidia Thorpe's ability to serve out her Senate term after she brought Sydney's Mardi Gras to a standstill by lying in front of what she wrongly claimed was a police float.
The independent Senator received widespread condemnation after she brought the Sydney parade to a standstill by lying in front of what she claimed was a police float.
“Is she of sound enough mind and of sound enough behaviour to serve is the question that this display on Saturday night raises,” Clennell said on Tuesday afternoon. As Clennell pointed out, her departure from the Greens gives her enormous power in the current parliament. Clennell quoted an unnamed Greens member who seemed to imply Ms Thorpe’s career would implode without the Greens’ party structure.
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