PUP Senator Jacqui Lambie says she will vote with her conscience on the financial advice laws, and delivers a damning character assessment of PUP leader Clive Palmer. ROGUE Senator Lambie has slammed Clive Palmer and the Palmer United Party for trying to kick her out of the fold, saying she won't be "dictated to or bullied." In an address to the Senate, the PUP Senator has apologised for initially backing the financial advice reforms, which she is today trying to disallow. She began by sending a message directly to her Tasmanians. "I've let you down and I'm sorry," she said. Senator Lambie said she was joining with "like minded Senators, the Coalition of common sense" to instead vote according to her "conscience." Directly addressing "hurtful rumours" levelled by Mr Palmer, she acknowledged he was under pressure because of bad political decisions and legal fights. But she said she will "not be told how to vote, not by anyone." Party leader Mr Palmer demoted his deputy Senate leader this morning as speculation mounts about her imminent defection. In a press statement this morning, Mr Palmer said Senator Lambie had also been suspended from attending any parliamentary meetings of the party. "Jacqui Lambie has failed to attend the last three parliamentary party meetings," he said. As a consequence, the party has removed her from her position as Deputy Leader and Deputy Whip and suspended her rights to attend future party meetings. Demotion order ... Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer. This will be enforced until such time she gives an undertaking to cease personal attacks on party members and to follow major decisions of the party room. At no time has Jacqui Lambie ever brought a resolution to the party meeting in relation to Tasmania or veterans. Senator Lambie refused to answer questions on a possible split when pursued by the media in Parliament House. She would only comment on her decision to back a disallowance motion on the government's financial advice laws. "I've found my way," she said, acknowledging the first few weeks of the Senate, when the debate occured, were difficult. Sometimes when you make a wrong you have to go back in there and make it right. Backflips ... Senator Jacqui Lambie congratulates Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir after they were sworn in. The coalition of common sense Senator Lambie and the Motoring Enthusiast Party's Ricky Muir chose to join what has been dubbed the "coalition of common sense," trying to disallow the government's financial advice laws. The group of crossbenchers - which has the numbers to wind back the changes passed by the Senate earlier in the year - also includes Nick Xenophon and John Magidan, alongside Labor and Greens Senators. In June, the Palmer United Party chose to back the Coalition's FOFA reforms. Mr Palmer this morning expressed his disappointment that Senators Lambie and Muir had decided to "backflip" on the agreement. "I think what we want with politicians really is honesty and people that can rely on each other, that's the most important thing, and Ricky Muir has just done a backflip, after he's got the government to accept all the changes he wanted, he's decided to change his mind when it comes to him delivering on that arrangement," he told 4BC Radio. That's very disappointing because it means that the government will no longer probably, deal with him or be able to rely on him for whatever he says. Party not disunited, says Palmer Clive Palmer denied his party is not united, instead describing it as a "very sad situation" for Senator Lambie. The PUP leader said he didn't want to sack the Tasmanian representative, making here life "more difficult than it already is," he told 4BC Radio. The ructions within the party became even more visible when the Tasmanian senator dropped the party logo and name from her website yesterday. Earlier, Palmer United Party Senate leader Glenn Lazarus said the last time he spoke to the Tasmanian Senator "was a couple of weeks ago." "I'm in the dark as much as all you are," he told reporters. She's considering her future Originally published as PUP Senator Lambie is off the leash