{"id":47083,"date":"2019-05-09T14:45:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T04:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=47083"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:52:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:52:47","slug":"adam-blakester-now-a-serious-contender-for-barnaby-joyces-seat-margokingston1-newenglandvotes-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/adam-blakester-now-a-serious-contender-for-barnaby-joyces-seat-margokingston1-newenglandvotes-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Blakester now a serious contender for Barnaby Joyce’s seat: @margokingston1 #NewEnglandVotes #podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Independent candidate for New England Adam Blakester. Photo: supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the NSW seat of New England, an electorate larger than Tasmania, Independent candidate Adam Blakester (@adamblakester<\/a>) has been named as the primary threat<\/a> facing National Party incumbent, Barnaby Joyce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A poll conducted by the Tamworth Business Chamber<\/a> indicated Joyce was leading, with 46.4 per cent of the vote compared to 43.1pc who declared their support for Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a result supports the growing interest in Adam’s candidacy, also reflected in the popularity of articles by No Fib<\/em>s citizen journalist Robyn McAskill <\/a>(@NewEnglandLady4<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margo Kingston (@margokingston1<\/a>) spoke to Adam as he approaches the pointy end of the campaign, and discusses his views on strategic voting and how far he has come with crowdfunded campaign finance and the support of his small but loyal team of volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many voters are so over the party politics and party agendas, particularly because of issues like leadership spills. We’ve seen fracturing of the Coalition and these personal ego agendas that they have to hold power, but also the influence of big business and big mining, which has been particularly graphic with the New England incumbent member, Barnaby Joyce, who is still even yesterday prosecuting the case for new coal mines and new coal-fired power stations.<\/p>Adam Blakester<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n