Jacqui Lambie resigns from Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie has resigned from the Palmer United Party and will continue to sit as an independent. AFTER days of infighting, Jacqui Lambie has cut her ties with the Palmer United Party. Senator Lambie said her resignation has ended the "damaging speculation and uncertainty." "I apologise for that uncertainty," she told the Senate. Senator Lambie said she didn't have the "time or energy" to be drawn into a "political mudslinging contest" with Clive Palmer. I will not be drawn into the game of responding to hurtful and false personal attacks. "Mr Palmer has been blessed and graced with great wealth and power by God," she said. He has a wonderful opportunity to use that great wealth and power to do a lot of good for many Australians. After these political matters settle, there will be many opportunities for us to work together in the national interest. She wished Mr Palmer "and his beautiful family, staff and friends all the very best." Later addressing reporters Senator Lambie said she felt like there was a "great big weight lifted off [her] shoulders." The now independent Senator insisted she had entered no contract with Clive Palmer. When asked whether she will be joining any other party, Senator Lambie said "once bitten twice shy." Tasmanians are my boss. She continued to stress her opposition to the government's $7 GP co-payment and university reforms, as "non-negotiable." Senator Jacqui Lambie rules out she will join another party, after announcing in Parliament that she has resigned from the Palmer United Party. Senator Lambie confirmed she began considering quitting PUP up to six weeks ago. She told reporters her staff were "very competent" and have already been handling the workload. The last time she had spoken to Mr Palmer was before Remembrance Day. If she saw him in the corridors she'd "smile" and say hello, "because that's polite," the Senator said. Responding to her resignation, Clive Palmer told 4BC Radio he hasn't "thought about" taking possible legal action against Senator Lambie. But he confirmed her campaign cost in the "hundreds of thousands of dollars." Senator Lambie has "already said she is interested in a guy with a big package and a lot of money," Mr Palmer said. "Now she's got two lobbyists controlling her," he claimed - her Chief of Staff Rob Messenger and Tasmanian lawyer and poppy farmer Glynn Williams." The PUP leader insisted Senator Lambie is just "one vote." "Nothing much has changed really," he said. Senator Jacqui Lambie arriving at Parliament House in Canberra. The resignation is unlikely to end the war of words between Ms Lambie and Mr Palmer, with the PUP leader telling Channel Seven's Sunrise this morning that Ms Lambie thinks she is "bigger than Australia."