John Brogden resigns after "mail-order bride" comment
(29.08.2005)

John Brogden has decided to resign as leader of the NSW Liberal Party after comments he made in private, over a few beers, became public.

Brogden made the mistake of describing Helena Carr, the Malaysian born wife of the former New South Wales premier Bob Carr, as a "mail-order bride"

Unfortunately for John Brogden, a member of his own Liberal party gave the story to a Canberra newspaper columnist and this was the beginning of the end for his political future.

Alex Hawke, the national president of the Young Liberals, was named by Brogden as the source of the "leak", but this accusation is denied by Hawke. There have been ill feeling between the two since Brogden called Hawke the "clown" inside the big ideological tent that was the Liberal Party.

It would seem that this "clown" had the last laugh?

 

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