View from New England: 'Barnaby's still popular – but it's bad judgment' Barnaby Joyce View from New England: 'Barnaby's still popular – but it's bad judgment' Voters in Joyce’s electorate are standing by their plain-speaking man despite his ‘mess-up’ Barnaby Joyce in his New England seat in December. “Things happen, that’s what life is [but] he’s a strong character and he stands up for what he believes in and says what he thinks. “Look, I try to judge everyone on their merits and I think he’s actually been a pretty good representative for this area,” she said. And all these decisions he’s made – the affair but also the thing about the house and everything else – that’s all bad personal judgment. “I think that’s a position that’s still very popular in a place like this.

Source: The Guardian February 14, 2018 17:01 UTC