And when National’s roadshow came to town there were more Ministers on stage than there were people in the audience, whereas I drew 600 people to hear me speak at a public meeting that went for for 3 1/2 hours. How many people do you think your beloved Mr Key could get along to hear him meander and waffle? (And how many would still be awake at the end?).

* Now if you want to berate me for something, I suggest you berate me for that. Facilitating Dianne Yates being able to warm a seat in Parliament should, IMHO, be a flogging offence.

[I was down as a candidate in Ohariu-Belmont in 1996 with a view to paying for my sins re Yates by toppling Dunne, but alas The Great Purge of the Non Believers went through NZ First before election day and I was de-selected].

Brownlee summed it up succinctly — this issue has “bugger all relevance”.

This is classic Tory operating, they couldn’t earn it themselves in business they just take it from the working folk, real nice white collar criminals.

This lot are unbelievable when the hell will the money grabbing stop.

At least Rex has given it a crack and, I presume, took the rejection on the chin. Would you care to enlighten us regarding the elections you have successfully contested?

besides there is another reason why this is a sensible rule change – surely it is way cheaper to use a self drive car than the ministerial limo all the time as he could otherwise do.

But really you (and Hodgson) just seem so petty when you go on about this.

ffs

It surely won’t be long before I can run for election, claim Australia as my primary place of residence, get given a Lear jet so I can pop home, and then set up an LCD screen on my bench and Skype in my infrequent speeches (when I’m not busy pursuing my own business interests using my Ministerial business card).