Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie says Clive Palmer needs to be more loyal to the people of Tasmania. Courtesy: 7.30

RENEGADE Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie has again refused to toe the party line on defence force pay rises, and now says she doesn’t even consider Clive Palmer her boss.

Tensions between the pair have been high since Mr Palmer agreed to a deal with the Abbott Government for a below-inflation pay rise for Australian Defence Force members.

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Must-watch Jacqui Lambie on #abc730 tonight: "I’m not going to sit here and make Clive Palmer look good when I’m not feeling that way." — Leigh Sales (@leighsales) November 12, 2014

Lambie says her relationship with Palmer is "up and down" "I don't feel I'm getting the support" #auspol #abc730 #politas — Tyson Shine (@theshineline) November 12, 2014

Ramping up the language in an interview on the ABC’s 7.30 last night, Senator Lambie said: “I have to vote with my conscience first and I have to vote with my boss, which is the Tasmanian people.

“When we had a state election down here earlier on during the year, one of the promises (Mr Palmer) made was to help out Tasmania and so far I have not seen any action so he has left me no other choice but to use my conscience and do what I need to do for Tasmanians.”

Asked whether she should be toeing the party line, Senator Lambie demonstrated a lack of faith in the party’s leadership.

“A party leader doesn’t always get it right.”

Senator Lambie said she would stick by a verbal deal made with Mr Palmer that she would stay with the party unless asked to leave, but did not deny she wanted to be shown the door.

.@JacquiLambie says it’s up to @CliveFPalmer if he wants her to leave the party #abc730 — Shane Bazzi (@shanebazzi) November 12, 2014

Lambie: "Right now, my opinion might not line up with Clive Palmer's opinion." #abc730 — Nick Ford (@nickford) November 12, 2014

"How long they'll last as a group I don't know but I don't think it will be too long," says former PUP leader Alex Douglas. #abc730 #auspol — abc730 (@abc730) November 12, 2014

Describing her relationship with Mr Palmer as “up and down”, her criticisms didn’t stop with the PUP leader either.

“One thing I won’t do is I won’t lie to the Australian people, and I’m not going to sit here and make my PUP senators or Clive Palmer look good when I’m not feeling that way about them,” she said.

Citing falling popularity in the polls, Ms Lambie said the party needed to “get back to the drawing board” and “come up with a bloody better plan of attack”.

“I certainly believe that when we’re running the elections and especially state and territory elections we could give our candidates a lot more time on the ground out there and give them a fairer chance of having a fair go and being elected to represent their state and Palmer United,” she said.

Several former PUP representatives also told the ABC of frustration within the party due to the lack of power passed onto party members.