Is Fairbrother a candidate or not?

July 29th, 2008 at 1:26 pm by David Farrar

I was not the only one puzzled by Russell Fairbrother getting himself elected the president of Napier Grey Power. His election has been voided as politicians are ineligible to hold office.

But what is very curious is his response:

Mr Fairbrother said he believed the rules forbade political candidates, not MPs.

Fairbrother is of course the Labour Party candidate for Napier.

Now to be fair he has as much chance of winning back the seat he lost in 2005, as Britney Spears has to win Mother of the Year. But he realy should not concede the election until after the ballots are cast.

Tags: Grey Power, Napier, Russell Fairbrother

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4 Responses to “Is Fairbrother a candidate or not?”

RRM (7,264) Says:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
It sounds like senility is an issue here…
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pushmepullu2 (32) Says:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
The main thing is that Fairbrother is not going to be in a position to start infiltrating Grey Power with socialism. So it’s all good really. Whether he’s out because he attempted to subvert the rules or because he was too stupid to understand the rules we’re well shot of him.
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stephen (4,063) Says:
July 29th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
ha, we’ll just leave Grey Power to NZ First-ism then.
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polemic (314) Says:
July 29th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
All’s Fair-brother in love and War”

Remember he upset the with hierarchy running up against some Nash relative I think so he’s shopping fast for a new job like half the labour caucus.
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