Simon Power for Prime Minister

by Jake Quinn

Last night was a tipping point of sorts.

Listening to our Prime Minister on Checkpoint one was not filled with pride or hope, instead one was filled with a deep concern. The concern was that the man in charge was running his mouth, changing his mind and generally being eaten alive, live on-air.

And he was not impressed. His office rang Radio NZ and had a cry:  “His office was spewing. They phoned RNZ afterwards crying about how evil Miss Wilson didn’t let him speak” a Radio NZ source says.

Well rather than letting this get us down, we should move on. And if National are going to remain the party of government for the rest of the parliamentary term they would do well to swiftly replace the man at the top and restore some honour and strength to the position of Prime Minister. 

The man for the job is undoubtedly that of Commerce and Justice Minister the Hon Simon Power MP. He is the brightest and strongest they’ve got – and he should be given his chance to lead. As Paul Henry would say “join a group” and have I got the group for you.

Just follow the link:

Simon Power for Prime Minister of New Zealand

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Obligatory Worth round up

by Jake Quinn

The NZ Herald’s Patrick Gower tells us: “The woman who laid a complaint with police against Richard Worth says he invited her to Parliament, hosted her in his ministerial capacity then took her to a hotel room he had arranged for her where a sexual encounter took place.”

While Audrey Young reports on a separate case of alleged wrong doing: “She alleges that Dr Worth offered her [Not Audrey, good lord – but the complainant] a job as his ethnic adviser and as a board member – on the Lottery Grants Board, Mr Goff says – and that she received about 40 text messages and 60 phone calls from him. “Several of the phone calls made by Dr Worth to me were vulgar, sexually explicit, and I believe were made when he was drunk,” the statement says. She said he started ending his texts with “xxx”.”

Meanwhile Dr Worth insists: “I have not committed any offence. I am presently cooperating fully with the police and will continue to do so… I maintain that I am innocent of any crime.”

Last night Prime Minister John Key spoke to RNZ Checkpoint’s Mary Wilson. It is worth a listen. The transcript is here. Key begins by saying he will not have a private meeting with Goff’s source (the complainant) and that she should go public with her evidence. Mary Wilson presses him for about 30 seconds. He then changes his mind suggesting that perhaps a meeting would be a good idea, after all. Moments later, Goff tables the evidence (text msgs etc) in Parliament. Mary Wilson shows herself in this interview as one of New Zealand’s most effective political interviewers.

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Update: Cartoon from the Herald’s Rod Emmerson:

Harry Enfield’s Tory Boy

by Jake Quinn