Lockwood threatens the press

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1. Tigger 1

   28 November 2009 at 10:35 am

   Oh yes, those journos have been paid off by the powerful ‘reduce benefits to MPs’ lobby group…

   Does he even know what lobbying means? All those years on academic quiz shows clearly taught him nothing.
2. ghostwhowalksnz 2

   28 November 2009 at 11:24 am

   If Margeret Wilson had said anything like this , the gallery would have had their hair on fire in their stories.
   I seem to remember a big fuss over the TV channels only being allowed to use the Parliament TV feed and not use their own cameras. That seemed to be a big attack on their ‘independence’ at the time.

   So far silence, while the Herald has put the thunder machine away for the year
   • George D 2.1

     29 November 2009 at 12:29 am

     Sadly true.
3. Hilary 3

   28 November 2009 at 11:27 am

   Today’s DomPost features Bill English’s trip to the hairdresser (5 minutes walk from parliament) requiring two cars- one parked over a disabled car park- both waiting while he was trimmed.
4. QoT 4

   28 November 2009 at 11:58 am

   His continual self-congratulation is even wankier in this instance:

   “You’ve seen how principled I’ve been in the chamber, I’ll take the same approach to other things as well.”

   You’re not being principled, Lockie, you’re threatening the media for doing their job – because on this issue, you’re the one in the firing line.
5. JustRight 5

   28 November 2009 at 1:17 pm

   I think the whole media focus has been a great thing. Shining light on how politicians spend taxpayers cash is fantastic. I would equally say though that the media feeding frenzy does border on ‘lobbying’ not in the strictest sense though.

   There has to be a balance struck between hysterics and accountability and I think this is what Lockwood is on about…
6. ghostwhowalksnz 6

   28 November 2009 at 3:23 pm

   ..balance struck between hysterics and accountability ..

   It seems to be that Smith is the one being hysterical. As others have said what exactly are they lobbying for ? Its a news story.
7. Jim McDonald 7

   28 November 2009 at 4:39 pm

   Dorkwood is losing the plot?
8. BLiP 8

   28 November 2009 at 5:11 pm

   Unbeknownst to himself, Lockie, sort of, has half a point.

   Other than the egregious example set by Not-so-Perky-these-days and his side kick Blinglish, the acres of endless tautology regarding the expenses might have been of more use had they been filled with details and analysis regarding the implementation process used, general tone and consequences of National Ltd®’s legislation to date. If nothing else, the Gallery needs a kick up the arse for its plucking of the low hanging fruit when it should have been holding Parliament to account.
   • andy 8.1

     28 November 2009 at 5:28 pm

     the Gallery needs a kick up the arse yes, it does

     Audrey Young whines about how tough it is on the press, these overseas summit type junkets.

     The secretary general of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, invited a journalist from each country to the opening ceremony as a guest. Those of us that went that way meant that unlike our brethren who were it covering it from the wings, we did not have to get up before dawn to be herded to an empty theatre in order to wait for three hours before it started.

     When will the organizers of Chogm, Apec etc wake up?

     Wake up to what, that your a media-whore from babble-on and you write meaningless puff pieces about chickens and how nice Port of Spain in the daylight is?
9. Rex Widerstrom 9

   28 November 2009 at 5:19 pm

   Lockwood, your starter for ten…
10. Nick C 10

    28 November 2009 at 7:03 pm

    To be fair hes the only speaker whose ever actually agreed to release the expenses. Margret Wilson didnt.
11. Jared 11

    28 November 2009 at 7:24 pm

    Whilst I agree that shams like Bill’s lying around his housing allowance eligibility should have been aired as it did, the latest attack smacks of one eyed hypocrisy. The Greens structure their housing arrangements in a similar manner, as do Labour and National Party MP’s (specifically around who owns their electorate offices).
    • felix 11.1

      28 November 2009 at 7:46 pm

      Keep up, Jared. The Greens quit all that in the interest of transparency.

      Don’t think any of the others did though.
      • Swampy 11.1.1

        28 November 2009 at 10:05 pm

        No, they quit the super scheme because of MPs leaving meant they no longer had the money coming in.
        • felix 11.1.1.1

          28 November 2009 at 10:44 pm

          That’s a weird thing to say Swampy, they still have the same number of mps.

          Are you drunk again?
12. ben 12

    29 November 2009 at 11:37 pm

    I agree with you, what Smith said is wrong and dangerous.

    Except that the only reason you are saying it is becaue Smith stood for the National Party at the last election.

    Had Smith been wearing a red tie and not blue, you’d be cheering this all the way.

    Which is what you did, nearly but not quite entirely unanimously, when the odious EFA was passed into law.

    This is why this blog adds no value. If it’s from red you cheer, from blue you boo, almost always without any thoughtful regard to an idea’s merit or any thinking about it an intellectual framework. Since we already know from what team everybody comes from, you add precisely nothing with your cheerleading.
13. r0b 13

    29 November 2009 at 11:51 pm

    If it’s from red you cheer, from blue you boo

    You might want to open the other eye and read what is actually said here.

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