What will Palmer do when the penny drops?

Clive Palmer continues not to realise, at least not publicly, that more than News Corp is on to him.

Clive Palmer to Lisa Wilkinson on Nine’s Today show yesterday:

I’ve been criticised in the press, it’s a fabrication by the Murdoch press and media. It’s untrue.

All roads lead to one woe. Palmer on Twitter on Wednesday:

#NewsLimited journalists have no freedom of speech or thought. #YesRupert

And on November 30, 2015:

I sympathies (sic) for the poor News Ltd journalists who are forced to write damaging stories about me & @PalmerUtdParty #yesrupert

Getting specific on Twitter on June 11, 2015:

Journalists at The Australian simply wish to please their US master. The Australian is un-Australian #yesrupert.

Just the facts. Paul Bongiorno on Radio National on June 10, 2014:

The editor (-in-chief) of The Australian, Chris Mitchell, believes that he’s doing a national duty by showing the nation the real Clive Palmer.

Conspiracy glitch. Today yesterday:

Wilkinson: Please Clive, I don’t work for Rupert Murdoch.

Palmer: Let me answer you your question, you will get a bonus from Rupert and the people who employ you.

Wilkinson: Clive, I don’t work for Rupert Murdoch.

Another thought from Wilkinson:

You’re a politician in federal parliament these days. Is it fair to say your stint has been at best an embarrassment and at worst a disaster? Your so-called Palmer United Party has imploded.

Furthermore:

You really don’t care about the truth, do you?

For good measure:

Australia thinks you’re a joke at the moment.

Barnaby Joyce pondering the Nationals leadership during a press conference on Thursday:

I sit next to Warren (Truss) at question time. Warren is a good friend, he is a good mate. You’ve just got to take it from me, I’ve been saying this for years, I am the deputy. The role of the deputy is to be loyal to the leader; I have done that both publicly and privately, and I’m sure you can all acknowledge that. If at some stage in the future Warren — and I’m happy if he stays there forever, because I’m really excited about building dams. Yeah, I’m really excited ...

Wait, there’s more! Joyce goes on:

Of course there’s going to be a time where I want — I don’t want to stay there forever, but I’m excited about what I’m doing now; building dams, getting things going — that’s what blows my hair back. At some stage, like all of us, Warren will get to a point where he says, ‘Well, look I think that that’ll do me’.

Joyce concludes:

At that point in time I, and no doubt some of my colleagues, will have an interest in the positions that become available. ... That is an unremarkable statement; that should be the ­response of any person in any party if asked about a position of leadership.

David Marr to Gerard Henderson on June 1, 2015:

On Sunday before Insiders … I was giving you a rich and full account of what a weird shit I think you are.

Henderson replying on June 4, 2015:

You called me a “lying shit” and a ­“f..king shit” and more besides. To make your point, on three occasions you were yelling at me while jumping up and down.

Rumble in the concrete jungle! The Sydney Institute on Thursday announcing next Wednesday’s event:

The art of argument (with) David Marr (and) Gerard Henderson.