In a scathing post on Facebook, former Victorian Upper House MP Samantha Dunn reveals she has quit the party, which she says is distracted by populism, self-interest and megalomania.
A former Victorian Greens MP has sensationally resigned from the party, lashing out at what she says is a"toxic culture" within its ranks.She says the party has been distracted by populism and megalomaniaMs Dunn was the Upper House MP for the Eastern Metropolitan region for a single term, losing her seat at the 2018 election.
"I didn't resign because I lost my seat …I resigned because the Greens are too toxic to be part of my life anymore," she said. "The Greens are distracted by populism, self-interest, power, ego, narcissism, megalomania … while exercising that old-war strategy of divide and conquer."
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