No chance at all
Dail Jones is getting a reputation as an MP who teels the truth as he sees it, even when he shouldn’t.
There was a stunned silence last night at the filming of Back Benches during the discussion on polls. Jones said that he thought most people had made their mind on Helen Clark and Labour.
Host Wallace Chapman then asked him directly if he thought it was all over, or did Helen still have a chance of remaining PM after the election. Jones’ reply was along the lines of “No, no chance at all”.
Now bear in mind that NZ First is a Government party, and their Leader is a Minister in the Government – that is an extraordinary statement for a NZ First MP to make.
I didn’t write his exact words down at the time, but they were definitely unequivocal about Helen losing. I am in Auckland for most of today but someone helpful might like to download the show and stick that segment on You Tube!
June 5th, 2008 at 7:35 am
I think it is known by everyone now that Labour are toast.
Bye Hels, don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out!
By the way, did the case of the missing $158,000 come up?
June 5th, 2008 at 7:56 am
90% of NZ first voters support National over Labour. Maybe this is the beginning of the traditional NZ first end of government meltdown. Hope so……..they are always so much fun!
June 5th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Maybe that’s what Winston made the ‘NO’ placard for….
so he can stand at the back of the room when Dail has an audience
June 5th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Maybe if HC pulls a HC (Hels pulls a Hillary) and has a good cry on the election campaign in front of the TV cameras she can turn around Labour’s fortunes in the polls prior to the election.
Then again, she couldn’t hack Waitangi Day this year so I think I’ve identified the fatal floor in that plan.
Looks like John Key can keep on measuring up the curtains for the 9th floor of the beehive.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Grass is green, sky is blue.
Whats your point David?
June 5th, 2008 at 8:42 am
I watched some of the programme last night and I have to ask the question, where did NZ First get this guy?
When talking about the price of food and in particular milk his response was that ‘milk is bad for you’.
My other impressions of the show were Russell Norman handled himself well and Paula Bennett comes across as sour and argumentative.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Dail Jones is still a Nat deep down. I’m sure that he would be far more comfortable in talks with John Key & Co post-election than with the Labourites. Talk of post-election talks at the moment however are academic.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:49 am
I do hope that Dail Jones’ blind honesty will win him points with potential voters later in his (post-Winston) career…….
June 5th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Winston is on ZB now – the first two callers have sucked up to him about free buses and hearing aids, so I will be going back to RadioSport! It seems that only callers getting through are those 70+!!!
June 5th, 2008 at 9:16 am
The worms are turning on Hulun. Bad luck.
Can we start the weiny roast and camp fire songs yet -
June 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am
If you get the chance to ring Winston on ZB ask the bastard where our $158,000 is.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:26 am
ok ok. first person to get winnie to shout wins
June 5th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Only his cronies getting through.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Re: the wennie roast, my understanding is that in this situation a large group of munchkins come out to sing and dance.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:38 am
are they making massive ad plugs for
a) heart defibrilaters
b) bea pollen
c) hearing aids
d) natural viagra
e) funeral homes ????
June 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Jesus…Winston must have organised a roster for the old greedies to ring in and praise the prick, I think I am going to be sick!
June 5th, 2008 at 9:43 am
The entire North Shore NZ First phone roster gang are repeat dialing.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Just caught a bit more of him in the car – to see if the demographic had changed. But no, all those pre-pension are somewhere else this morning!
June 5th, 2008 at 10:02 am
So why keep backing a loser who will take you down with them. How about pulling the plug with Labour and John Key can form a caretaker administration down to the election to be held in mid October.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Unfortunately Dail’s views don’t really stack up. With:
– some assumptions that Helen will offer Winston more than John will (we know already that Winston can be bought)
– some assumptions that Dunne will go with Labour again
– knowing that Anderton, the Greens, and the Maori would prefer to go with Labour
you need National + ACT to get more than 50%. At the moment they are polling higher than that, but will that really stay all the way to the election? I’m sure there are some dirty tricks, some missteps, some policy announcements all yet to come.
Sure, it wouldn’t meet anybody’s definition of a stable government. But does anybody have any doubt that Helen would do it, even if buying off all those parties destroyed the country’s finances?
Dail is still a fool, even when he is saying something that I want to hear.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Keeping Stock exclusive!!!
Winston’s just breached the EFA!!
June 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Rocket Boy – they got him off Muldoon – he was a National MP during that era!
June 5th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Actually Rob was holding Winstons leash back then.
Same poodle, different dog walker.
June 5th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I liked the phrase about Dail Jones `Blind Honesty’ by philbest earlier. This means:
* Clark and Labour are gone.
* There was a stray $100grand in the NZ First bank account.
Keep them coming Dail!!!
June 5th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
PaulL says:
Yes for gawds sake calm down people. There are solid, reliable signs pointing to a Labour defeat but this certainly isn’t one of them. In fact Jones is so consistently and so deeply idiotic and completely wrong in every other statement he makes, it almost makes me wish he’d confidently predicted the triumphant return of the present government with an increased majority.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Hey expat, what is Bea Pollen. Is it a 6 pound shot put? HEH
June 5th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I didn’t listen to Winston but Justin on Wellington ZB was able to read the emails he was receiving. He quoted one asking why he was up to his old tricks non stop criticism of National MPs while refusing to justify his support of the corrupt Liabour creeps. I thought Tau was poor value on Monday why on earth National didn’t put up KEY or English or Collins I don’t know. Rodney was as usual very good on Tuesday.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Is Dail Jones DPF’s new oracle? LOL
June 5th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I actually disagree with Dail. Of course it is not all over. But to have a Government MP say a change of Government is inevitable is newsworthy.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Karma poll:
Add karma if you like Dail Jones, subtract it if you don’t.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
All woman and children to the life rafts is the call, Dail is just trying to save himself a seat as the bad ship Liarbore skinks in an ocean of shit.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
After the Roy Morgan Poll released today Jones is dead right:
http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2008/4298/
Gary Morgan comments:
June 5th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
So you are QUOTING a Winston First MP now?
I thought only 5.72% of morons supported Winston First…?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Looks like H1 has dusted off the old sustainability issue again.
That makes Dail Jones assertion that Clark had “no chance at all” about remaining PM correct. New Zealand is heading for a recession and the last thing the voters want to hear is some happy clappy rubbish that requires them to dig deep into their own pockets and pay even more than they are now for food and energy. Clark really is out of ideas. She’s desperate to lose by as much as possible.
Bye Bye Clark.