Will Mark challenge Peters?
February 8th, 2009 at 5:41 am by David FarrarThe HoS reports that Winston Peters may be forced to share the leadership of NZ First with Ron Mark. Fascinating.
Winston Peters could be forced to share his coveted role as New Zealand First leader, amid internal concerns over the party’s failed election campaign.
The outspoken rumblings are the strongest in the party’s 16-year history, with deputy leader Peter Brown describing Peters as a “liability”.
Boy, having Peter Brown describe you as a liability must hurt. It’s like having David Lange calling someone overweight.
While most are talking of finding a better relationship with the media, Peters renewed the aggressive stance displayed during the campaign.
Asked for comment on the party’s future, he told the Herald on Sunday: “Go have a w**k somewhere else”.
The HoS should put the audio online, as the Dom Post does 
Former MP Edwin Perry raised the possibility of high-profile former MP Ron Mark leading the party. Perry is Mark’s electorate chairman.
Their conference next weekend could be most interesting.
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February 8th, 2009 at 6:18 am
WRP is history, and a continuing liability.
Bye Bye Loser!!
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 8:43 am
shared leadership with winston would be like Tsvangirai with Mugabe
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I don’t think Peters future is assured at all. Most people would take the hint.
Mark will be a shot in the arm for NZF. I think he’s honest and speaks honestly. You definitely don’t get a hidden agenda feeling about him. He doesn’t dilute his feelings and speaks in very strong tones. No Orwell speak. If he isn’t modified he’ll become a threat. Esp to Winston.
Wasn’t boot camps his vision.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I would compare this as a fight over a ticket for Titanic’s maiden voyage.
Nobody cares about NZF anymore, let alone the venal Peters.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I would doubt Peters does sharing with anything let alone leadership of the Winston First party.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Well said Manolo
Vote:If Ron Mark is the best hope for New Zealand First then they are in Deep shit. And where was Marks honesty and no Orwell speak when defending the party and his boss over the Owen Glenn donation saga and the spending of tax payers money in the previous election which still has not been paid back. Even their so called electorate has moved on.
February 8th, 2009 at 10:36 am
>>“Go have a w**k somewhere else”
Is that because there were too many w**kers there already?
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:38 am
I reckon Klark bought Peter’s allegiance with the $100,000 “donation”, and I reckon they were all in on this fraud, and I reckon if there was any real justice in this socialist politically correct hole, then they should all, from Klark to Peters and everyone in between, including Owen Glenn, be doing six years in Mount Eden. (Crooked Klark at the UN?? If the UN wasn’t itself such a crooked outfit, it would be a complete farce)
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Ahmm
There is nothing left for Mark’s to challenge for anyway, this is the “non story” of the year so far.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am
If your best hope is the second runner up in Rimutaka, I think it’s time to give up and stop making fools of yourselves. Well, more so, anyway.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Agreed!!!!! Redbaiter
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Will Mark challenge Peters? Which loser is the loser in charge! Will it matter? Will anyone care?
Not really. So this is the mother of all slow news days then.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
And for our next trick, we’ll make all your warts disappear.
And substitute them for carbunckles.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Put aside for one moment the question of whether Mark is fit to be leader (and I agree with many posts that there are real issues sround that) the fascinating question is just how this became public knowledge. Look, Perry as Mark’s Electorate Chairman just didn’t float this off his own bat. He was acting as surrogate for Mark and testing the waters for him. If the waters are icy then Mark backs off and claims Perry was acting on his own initiative. But if he senses there is a mood for change Mark will act to force a compromise deal which would have Brown stepping down with him taking over as Deputy Leader pending Peter’s exit stage left.
But this won’t be decided by the rank and file. It will be presented as a done deal for the blue rinsers to clack their false teeth in approval.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
wikiriwhi’s business said “Mark will be a shot in the arm for NZF. I think he’s honest and speaks honestly.”
You reckon? Maybe you should ask Rex Widerstrom for his opinion on “Honest Ron” Mark. Many of us are still waiting for Mark to apologise for the dreadful slur he made in the House last year. Mark is a scumbag IMHO.
Vote:February 8th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Wikiriwhis Business:
Oh dear!
I have a question for you. MPs routinely abuse parliamentary privilege – that’s a fact of life. But do you really think an MP worthy of the name shouldn’t apologise to an ordinary citizen, not only for making defamatory remarks under parliamentary privilege, but also for refusing to apologise when such remarks are shown to be factually wrong?
Because that’s precisely the situation with Ron Mark. Simply put, in the case of Rex Widerstrom, Ron Mark went after him for “publicly encouraging” New Zealand First to come clean about its internal affairs. It was a disgraceful comment. Rex went to the Speaker of the House, as was his right, and his reply is now reflected in the parliamentary record. Months later, still no apology from Ron Mark. Not very honest of Ron Mark – but, as you say, not exactly a hidden agenda either.
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Great minds think alike!
Vote:February 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Nomestradamus,,
I live and learn.
Vote:February 9th, 2009 at 8:43 am
“Mark will be a shot in the arm for NZF”
You can pump all the adreniline you like into a corpse, it aint going to get up and dance.
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