Wyatt Roy is the LNP candidate for the seat of Longman and he was profiled in the QWeekend magazine on Saturday 10/07/2010.
He is just 20 years old and has become something of a spectacle since being preselected at the age of just 19. But it is not purely his age that I find amazing about him, it is his grasp of the political lines and snipes at such a young age.
He takes his first swipe at the ALP by saying,
“I don't think I would have been the candidate in the Labor Party. The ALP is faceless men in smoky rooms in Canberra pr Brisbane saying to locals here’s the candidate you’re going to have. There’s no way I could be a part of the political party that does that.”
He then proves his skill as a politician through his rehearsed lines on policy areas:
Roy has the lines polished like he has been watching Tony Abbott on re-run since being preselected. Although he does tend to differ from his leader on Climate Change where he suggests an insurance policy is needed. (Is he suggesting the ETS as an insurance policy perhaps? I doubt it)
So should we look at Wyatt Roy as a 20 year old kid who is looking to break the mould and give us “hope and honesty.” Or is he just another political hack who is willing to rehearse the lines the leadership set and do anything to gain power.
Time will tell.
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