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Troy Buswell Resigns

the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 05:27:23 GMT

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-10/premier-announces-buswell27s-future/5310162

what a waste! An intelligent man and one of the current WA Government's ablest politicians - but a loose cannon and constant liability in his personal behaviour.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

fourandsixpants — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:07:28 GMT

Oh good.

I can probably take bumper sticker off my car now?...."Find another seat Troy....Bad Boy Behaviour"

I wish him well but I did not respect the man for many of his behaviours.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

cq_tech — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:35:59 GMT

My understanding is that he would only be interested in a seat which had been previously occupied by a female.

I sincerely hope he is afforded the psychiatric help that he so clearly needs.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

kilroy_is_here — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:41:38 GMT

maybe a few polititions and a few people on here should take note, this is where charicter assination leads to, they maybe polititions but they are people to and even the strongest of people can not stand before the wind for ever

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

*mrgrizz* — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:02:25 GMT

@kilroy_is_here wrote:
maybe a few polititions and a few people on here should take note, this is where charicter assination leads to, they maybe polititions but they are people to and even the strongest of people can not stand before the wind for ever

please

he was drink driving and didn't want to face upto the consequences

he had done too many other things.........new the press would be all over him

appears that he is a binge drinker

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

freakiness — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:28:23 GMT

@kilroy_is_here wrote:
maybe a few polititions and a few people on here should take note, this is where charicter assination leads to, they maybe polititions but they are people to and even the strongest of people can not stand before the wind for ever

Have you had a change of heart since the Gillarhate fest?

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

mtnlane — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:19:10 GMT

@kilroy_is_here wrote:
maybe a few polititions and a few people on here should take note, this is where charicter assination leads to, they maybe polititions but they are people to and even the strongest of people can not stand before the wind for ever

Thank you for your post kilroy_is_here.

Glad you ARE here

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

catsnknots — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:38:27 GMT

I wonder what is going on with him? Behaviour like his is indicative of an unstable person.

it is the same as that MP from Redcliff Scott Driscoll. I use to chat with him a fair bit on Facebook and as his life unfolded he was eventually diagnosed with BiPolar. Many of his choices were possibly totally out of his control. He has a very good heart and did things from a very kind place but his mismanagement can be directly related to his mental state of mind.

I can see why these type of personalities go into politics but I can also see why politics is possibly the wrong place for them while undiagnosed and medicated.

These personalities go far and do very well but they also crash hard....

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

lakeland27 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:42:56 GMT

we all need a big gate locked gate to avoid drunk driving charges it seems. what is it with these LNP types that makes them think driving drunk acceptable ?

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silverfaun — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:53:47 GMT

Bi polar is a terrible affliction and we should feel sorry for anybody who has it.

His behaviour screams it.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

catsnknots — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:01:16 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
we all need a big gate locked gate to avoid drunk driving charges it seems. what is it with these LNP types that makes them think driving drunk acceptable ?

I am not excusing the behaviour. It is totally inappropriate to drink and drive... I also think that after his chair sniffing episode it was silly to put him on the front bench. I don't get why both sides allow this to happen. There are plenty of people that can take their place in any party.

Was he caught drink driving? Or was it jsut assumed he was drink driving because his gate was locked? I mean if crashing into your gate means you have been drink driving then I know lots of people that should have been charged.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

debra9275 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:06:14 GMT

I don't know much about him, apart from the stories of his past behaviour. Perhaps he should've resigned earlier if he wasn't well enough to face the stress of the job

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

lakeland27 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:13:33 GMT

yes, he appears to have got away with it. there seems little doubt he was intoxicated, witness accounts point to erratic driving consistent with dd and intoxication.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

polksaladallie — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:19:59 GMT

Maybe the police cover-up should be investigated.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

boris1gary — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:20:10 GMT

@*mrgrizz* wrote:
@kilroy_is_here wrote:
maybe a few polititions and a few people on here should take note, this is where charicter assination leads to, they maybe polititions but they are people to and even the strongest of people can not stand before the wind for ever
please
he was drink driving and didn't want to face upto the consequences
he had done too many other things.........new the press would be all over him

appears that he is a binge drinker

had the same thing from a NSW liberal (former now) Minister, drunk at work and gets a month off (with pay) - ha the hypocrites - sacked but not before gutting the NSW workers comp - finally sacked for breaching the ministerial code of conduct.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

lakeland27 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:23:14 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
Maybe the police cover-up should be investigated.

its odd, one rule for him and another for everyone else.

in any other DD investigation they would have gained entry to breathalyse

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

freakiness — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:31:18 GMT

@catsnknots wrote:
@lakeland27 wrote:
we all need a big gate locked gate to avoid drunk driving charges it seems. what is it with these LNP types that makes them think driving drunk acceptable ?
I am not excusing the behaviour. It is totally inappropriate to drink and drive... I also think that after his chair sniffing episode it was silly to put him on the front bench. I don't get why both sides allow this to happen. There are plenty of people that can take their place in any party.

Was he caught drink driving? Or was it jsut assumed he was drink driving because his gate was locked? I mean if crashing into your gate means you have been drink driving then I know lots of people that should have been charged.

The reports said that the car was being driven erratically, which is why the police were called. By the time they found it he had ran into the gate and locked the car inside the yard.

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

mugssy65 — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 03:00:52 GMT

Don't know the answer to this, maybe you should ask Alana McTernin? Lol

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

mtnlane — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 03:17:52 GMT

.....or any of the others also mentioned in this link. A little 'dated' but pertinent nonetheless!

http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/10/drink-drive-bloody-member-of-parliament/

Re: Troy Buswell Resigns

the_great_she_elephant — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 03:34:56 GMT

@mugssy65 wrote:
Don't know the answer to this, maybe you should ask Alana McTernin? Lol

Good point, Mugssy. the difference is though she was arrested, fined and stripped of her portfolio - she wasn't seen by the public to have 'got away with it.'

If a full account of the Buswell incident had been released immediately after it happened, there might well have been sympathy for him - mental llness of any kind is is a horrible thing to live with. It is not usually accepted as a mitigating circumstance in cases of drink driving though, and given the extraordinary secrecy and lack of police action following the cras,h the perception of special treatment and a coverup is - rightly or wrongly - going to be very hard to shake..