THREAD: Liberalism roars back to life as Allegra Spender stands up for #WentworthVotes

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Margo Kingston

Co-publisher and editor-in-chief at No Fibs

Margo Kingston is a retired Australian journalist and climate change activist. She is best known for her stint as Phillip Adams’ ‘Canberra Babylon’ contributor and her work at The Sydney Morning Herald and #Webdiary. Since 2012, Kingston has been a citizen journalist, reporting and commenting on Australian politics via Twitter and No Fibs.

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1. Pouring rain so the @spenderallegra campaign launch is now at Paddington RSL, midday.

Her logo: ‘A better climate for Wentworth.’

Her #IndependentsDay platform – pic.twitter.com/IUOgIV8Nxa
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

2. Pre-launch briefing for volunteers before @spenderallegra launches her #IndependentsDay campaign – registration, T-shirt collection, ushers. She will not give preferences – #WentworthVotes decide for themselves. pic.twitter.com/QT9mSREqy9
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

4. Half an hour to show time and the T-Shirts desk is ready for the @spenderallegra #WentworthVotes launch. A woman asks for 3 for neighbours who can’t come. #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/q7PTPfuvIX
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

5. Met Will, a fan of my books (he must be old too). Wanted a selfie for his Mum! #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/sRHbNAPmiK
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

6. @margotoneill, 30 years a journo, retired, first time volunteer in a political campaign.

“I didn’t want our generation’s legacy to be despair. Hanging round with people complaining I thought ‘Dudes, let’s do something’.” #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/43MLOnIxUe
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

7. Thrilled to meet @spendersllegra in the back room before she launches her #IndependentsDay campaign for #WentworthVotes.

Delighted a volunteer offered to take a pic too.

So many memories of the momentous @drkerrynphelps byelection campaign bubbling up- big buzz vibe here. pic.twitter.com/IVGN5WwxTC
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

8. Standing room only left at the Paddington RSL for the @spenderallegra #IndependentsDay launch after a last minute swap with Steyne Park in Double Nay due to rain. 400 people I reckon. #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/qiR9jjZna7
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

9. Jillian Broadbent, friend of Carla Zampatti, introduces @spenderallegra.

Carla’s only concern about Allegra: “She doesn’t concern herself with clothes at all.”

Climate change needs capable intelligent voices in our Parliament. It’s time to upgrade the debate.

APPLAUSE pic.twitter.com/r9helqWwiX
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

10. @spemderallegra: Protecting our environment is not a radical choice.

Integrity in Govt is not a radical choice.

Since the MP for #WentworthVotes doesn’t want to do anything he can get out of the way. pic.twitter.com/qBLS4uOL8s
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

11. Brilliant speech by @spenderallegra – will publish on @NoFibs as soon as possible. #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/BhSXUiJOGa
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

12. Relief! Standing applause for @spenderallegra after her barnstormer launch speech.

Crikey, there’s an overflow room – 500 people here. #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/1TPVr1IZvf
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

13. Lyndell Droga, chair of Wentworth Independents: @spenderallegra wins if you speak with your neighbours & friends, put corflutes in your yard, wear your tshirt & register to volunteer. Lib Party will throw everything at #WentworthVotes – only a community campaign can beat ‘em. pic.twitter.com/7dfCLwX4ph
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

14. A break in the rain – hundreds streaming down Oxford Street for the big #WentworthVotes launch photo. HUGE turnout for @spenderallegra! pic.twitter.com/0adU2xAYol
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

15. Wild wind blows up and the rain starts – reminds me of the thunderstorm when polls@closed on #WentworthVotes when polls closed on byelection day. Photo rush! pic.twitter.com/S5Pu1vV2gV
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

16. And photos done, crowd runs for cover from wind and rain. @spenderallegra is launched as the #IndependentsDay candidate for #WentworthVotes.

BIG. pic.twitter.com/lQGQNxAFQ0
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

17. @jphannaford will volunteer for @spenderallegra – she cut her teeth on @drkerrynphelps #WentworthVotes byelection campaign and was at the post #ausvotes dinner party debrief after #ausvotes – https://t.co/Y6nyV23X8Q pic.twitter.com/iCpGUfGWb0
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

So good to see So many Kerryn supporters out there Go team and let’s get Allegra there
— Wendy McCarthy AO (@takingalongview) November 27, 2021

18. The @afr sets up a shoot of @spenderallegra, Jillian Broadbent, Nicolette Rubinsztein. and @takingalongview – who chaired the @drkerrynphelps by-election campaign. #WentworthVotes women are taking charge. #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/MOVaFG1auD
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

1731. The Anne Davies @guardianaus report of @spenderallegra’s #IndependentsDay launch of her #WentworthVotes campaign.

Her speech a call for liberalism to have a powerful voice in Canberra again – she crushes Sharma’s claim she’s a front for radicals. https://t.co/C9BBBUXXP8 pic.twitter.com/tZEZVinwax
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

1832. A @VoicesWentworth thread on @spenderallegra’s #WentworthVotes campaign launch today – includes a link to a video of her speech. Liberalism lives! Climate change action, a strong federal integrity commission, Aboriginal Constitutional recognition, compassion for refugees. https://t.co/blVIoZdTJM
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 27, 2021

Never mind the weather! Ready to launch independent for #Wentworth Allegra Spender! C u here? Paddo RSL noon. #wentworthVotes #auspol @spenderallegra #independentsCAN pic.twitter.com/HboKMaJc0S
— Blair Palese 🌎 (@blairpalese) November 27, 2021

Paddington RSL us at Capacity for @spenderallegra's campaign launch — #Wentworth #auspol pic.twitter.com/zV4hFadiyd
— Dan Ilic (@danilic) November 27, 2021

"We need to get on the clean energy boom now…it's time for a local member who will champion that transition" ⁦@spenderallegra⁩ ⁦@VoicesWentworth⁩ #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/jGxv8bTWZ8
— SmartEnergyCouncil (@SmartEnergyCncl) November 27, 2021

We’re up and running with the campaign – despite the weather, more than 500 of you showed up. Even our spillover room was packed. Thank you, Wentworth. I’ll see you on the campaign trail. pic.twitter.com/8g2ei3wspy
— Allegra Spender (@spenderallegra) November 27, 2021

Thank you all for such a wonderful campaign launch. It’s a critical time for our community, our climate and our country – let’s stand up and do this #WentworthVotes pic.twitter.com/pG7FHBmRN7
— Allegra Spender (@spenderallegra) November 27, 2021

1056. No wonder there was wind & rain! @spenderallegra’s launch was on anniversary of @drkerrynphelps’ 1st speech to Parliament as #IndependentsDay MP for #WentworthVotes, Kerryn kept most of her massive by-election swing at #ausvotes, making it marginal. A crucial springboard. https://t.co/B8UExYYfUC
— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 28, 2021