Labour leader Chris Hipkins wasn’t happy when new ACT Party candidate Paul Henry said he’d need to “shoot” Hipkins, during a game of “shoot, shag, marry”.
His other options were Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and NZ First leader Winston Peters, who, given the options, he’d “shag”.
Hipkins said Henry wasn’t a serious candidate.
“New Zealanders expect leaders who take their responsibilities seriously, not treat politics like a circus audition,” he said. …
A few years ago, Hipkins answered a very similar question – as did a leader from every political party.
The Project played a slightly more toned down version of the same game with the leaders of every political party ahead of the 2023 election. They asked: “Kiss, marry, kick?”
With the options of David Seymour, Luxon and Rawiri Waititi.
“Kick David Seymour, that’s really a no brainer,” Hipkins said.
The hypocrisy is almost laughable. A yet to be ranked ACT candidate plays the game and Hipkins calls it a death threat and that Henry is now a serious candidate.
Yet Hipkins himself played almost exactly the same game as the incumbent Prime Minister!
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
2 comments:
Lol, the hypocrisy of the left. Unfortunately the vast majority of their voter base are too stupid to understand that their representatives are even dumber than they are. Which is why the left exists.
Can I "ask"? If Trevor Mallard had not 'taken Chris Hipkins (CH) from out of the rain' and ensured he found 'sanctuary' working within the Hall's of Government, where would CH be today??
CH was "a noted attendee" at many Mallard outdoor "meetings" (think Lenin in a public space) - with a megaphone in hand, exhorting the "faithful" (those who had been roped in to provide a crowd of enthusiastic supporters - today known as 'rent a mob') for which from one occasion there is a photo of CH carrying out "said function", but his eyes are more focused on the photographer taking HIS photo, at the time.
To think he made his way into the Labour Party after Clark departed.
Well so did -
- Ardern
- Robertson
> both having worked for Clark on the 9th Floor.
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