Imagine Screaming Lord Sutch with hundreds of millions of pounds to spend. That probably best sums up the flamboyant Australian mining billionaire and serial election candidate, Clive Palmer.
Palmer is best known internationally as the entrepreneur who promised to build the ‘Titanic II’– a full-scale replica of the original Titanic. That project was launched ten years ago and work still hasn’t begun on the supposed ship, although Palmer has promised to secure a shipyard this year.
When it comes to his electoral efforts, it’s a similar story.
Having fallen out with the National party, the junior partner in Australia’s conservative coalition, in 2013 Palmer founded the Palmer United party, which is now called the United Australia party.
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