Far be it from me to say that negotiations are dragging on, but things are slow !
Post-script: Winston, the consumate politician, has been leading all the shots so far – he has renegotiated the negotiating room to Auckland, to a hotel that no doubt the Taxpayer will be ultimately paying the bill, made sure that Luxon and Seymour are coming to him on bended knee with gold, frankincense and myrr, made sure that the young pale female on the horizon is pushed back firmly beneath the ground, and no doubt about it, he will have changed the scenario from National+ACT with NZFirst in the background, to National+NZFirst, with ACT off to one side. He has sampled the low-hanging baubles of office once before – this time he will want more. He won’t be placated by shiny things like Minister for Racing, this time he will want major portfolios with major ummmpfh. Attorney General? Deputy PM? Minister of Business? Meanwhile, the ship sails on, rudderless…
smeghead
hooray !!!!
Which ones Winston.
Might get a negotiated settlement a bit quicker if the settlement was negotiated in a cheap motel in Huntly or Patea.
In any conceivable situation, this question can be answered by asking another – “Who’s got the best hair (and teeth)?”
The answer to that one is easy – it’s Winston, obviously!
Delightful Peters circularity there.
Q: “Which one’s Winston?”
A: “It’s Winston, obviously!”
Well yes, but does the Great New Zealand Public have the Winston it deserves? The Winston it needs? How far round the squared circle do you have to go to determine whether or not this is the best of all possible Winston’s?
Do the public have a right to know?
https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/1071758114/1980s-winston-cigarettes-ad-8×11-vintage
Tres droll, and so true. Really, Nobody does it better than Winston – he really does know how to wrangle. I think that we should make Winston a Special Envoy for the UN and send him straight to Israel and Gaza to negotiate an end to all that shitstorm. He’s the only person who could conceivably exhaust all the opposing parties and negotiate a ceasefire.
Oh, I think that Winston would be wasted in the Middle East. I suspect that over the coming decade New Zealand could be well served by Winston’s talents and abilities as the country’s ultimate or penultimate Governor General
My goodness, there’s a thought! Winston for President – or for King !! Surely that would keep him happy?!
Nemo – I think Winston would have his eye on Supreme Leader.
Sauron ?
Those are some excellent Photoshop skills on the updated illustration, although perhaps the thumb could do with a little refinement…
Agreed – world’s worst thumb job. But hey, Red Dwarf always did specialize in cheap and tacky special effects, so, seems appropriate.
I’ve also noted that Luxo always wears a little silver fern badge on his lapel – or at least he does in the exhaustive survey of two pictures I’ve seen of him. Does this mean that he wanted to be an All Black? Or that he was a Silver Fern? Or is it a badge from Air NZ that they were giving away free under a previous CEO perhaps?
He’s a shit John Key
Peoplke are selling their carbon credits fast at the moment, I wonder why?
Luxo / The Thumb showed poor political sense when he failed to jump at the chance offered up when Labour/NZF ruled each other out
He could have made a clear statement that he was not going to work with Winston First and they would not have troubled the 5% threshold
The Thumb underestimated how many voters wish for a pox on both your houses and will vote for Winnie just for shits and giggles
Hopefully with his much-vaunted negotiating skills he’ll have ol slimeball locked into an agreement but we will see
Nicola Willis would be a better leader
I’m confused. Out of idle curiosity, if people are selling their carbon credits fast, why did the price of Salt’s Carbon Fund go up two and a half percent yesterday to a six month high?
People I know are getting out because they think the rules are about to change and have no faith in govt
One guy I know stuck a whole heap into credits then sold them off and bought a V8 as a kind of FU gesture
I can’t comment on Salt’s carbon fund as I know nothing about them
Personally I’m relieved to be rid of a property that had the doom of an SNA hanging over it, I was going to have to cut down a lot of bush but it’s some other fool’s problem now