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Sexual hypocrisy in the National party is hardly a new thing. Just think Piggy and Colin Moyle. And all the time the SIS was updating him about his deputy, Brian Talbot’s, and the ‘smart young men’ he’d serendipitously meet in the house bar at the Royal International.

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Sorry Talboys!

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Just spent three nights on Waiheke in a place that offered Sky. Stumbled upon an episode of The Final Cut and was reminded that Francis Urquhart was prone to a little eyebrow raising: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111960/mediaviewer/rm1700774400/

Also - I contend that Labour has been adding many good people to its caucus - especially the 'Class of 2020'. The selection process is robust and, more importantly, NZ Labour principles and policies attract candidates wanting to enter politics for worthwhile reasons.

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Unfortunately "Your dad works for my dad," audible on the playing fields of Christchurch schools too.

I arrived in 1991 and until my kids went to school in 1999 I thought New Zealand was classless. Silly me.

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Hi David Dire people behaving direly re Russell seems to be missing is there meant to be a link.

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I guess we now wait for the release Jake’s sincere apology statement accepting in hindsight he may have made an error of judgment. The National Party probably have an “insert name here” template sitting on file.

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Trump and his believers remain the most bewildering combination of unspeakably stupid and unbelievably dangerous. ........ your words here describe them exactly

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