Sir Humphrey shows how easily it is to rig polls by asking leading questions.
Has that been happening here?
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2 comments:
A classic!! We all laughed then, but some of us aren't laughing now!
Thank you for your article. Yes, who would have thought we have reached this absurd place in New Zealand? I do detect a bit of a groundswell happening after seeing all the viewers of Muriel Newmans pieces. We now need to put our money where our mouth is and support the Opotiki foreshore appeal as a starting point.
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