Colin Craig: Living in the fast lane

He is rich, white, male and Christian, but none of those things is getting in the way of Conservative Party leader Colin Craig’s political ambitions.

By Guyon Espiner In Politics

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2nd June, 2012

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Colin Craig doesn’t like people to have too many sexual partners, and he doesn’t like them to drink too much, either. The Conservative Party leader wants to raise the purchase age of alcohol to 21, halve the drink-drive limit and make public drunkenness an offence punishable by an exponentially increasing fine. Oh, and those unable to pay a fine would serve “a short prison sentence”. He doesn’t like the Emissions Trading Scheme or believe the case for man-made climate change is closed. But if you think you’ve got him nailed as the arch-villain of the liberal left, ...

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