HOW deplorable and utterly pathetic it is to drive into some of our regional towns and cities only to be greeted by Trumpet of Patriots billboards, often accompanied by the effigy of the great buffoon himself alongside a list of his ridiculous policies that give specious and infantile solutions to our current issues.

Some may claim it is Palmer’s right to free speech (which isn’t explicitly protected in the Australian Constitution) to buy ad space on any billboard he chooses; however, it elucidates a fundamen