Backbenches tonight
Backbenches tonight has two former Finance Ministers on it – Roger Douglas and Michael Cullen. It should be a great show. Starts at 9 pm so best to get there by 8.30 pm.
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March 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Oooh Sir Roger Douglas – I might have to poke my head in.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Oooh Sir Roger Douglas – wish he’d pull his head in.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I see what you did there. Unfortunately.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Should be funny to hear about Sir Roger crushing Cullen. Cullen is not worthy.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Drool! Grudge match….oh baby! Cullen will be spanked by his daddy…
March 25th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I understand backbenchers is repeated on TV7 – anyone know when the tvnz search engine spits the kumura when I try and search for it?
March 25th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
the thin sound of dried parchment, flapping in a warming breeze. It’ll be a Cullenary delight.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
If only we could watch the buggers on Sky!
What excellent news in the post above.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Like slijmbal, I struggle to watch anything from TVNZ online. Would love a link that worked!
Failing that, some tidbits from the man who understands business v the man who hates business?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Is this streamed live, or does it turn up on the net to watch at all? Would love to see it, but no free view.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
PLEASE can someone YouTube or BitTorrent this? I’m out of the country.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
ISeeRed/Hagues – Backbenches’ entire back catalogue is available to view here:
http://tvnzondemand.co.nz/content/back_benches_s2_ep3/ondemand_video_skin.
Each new episode should be viewable a day or so after the live airing.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
I wish you’d pull your head out !
Can attend this evening. Thanks for the link Graeme, will watch online.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Thanks Graeme
March 25th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Thanks Graeme. no FV here.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Dessicated, brittle vellum meets a flask of nitric acid, result? Not pretty.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Hey Greenfly
I think you owe everybody here (certainly those who have an interest in animal welfare) a huge apology.
Your scaremongering re live Sheep exports has proven to be nothing but another blatant lie from you and the Greens.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
How so Big Bro? (I’m happy to apologise if your reply is decipherable – tell me what I said that was wrong).
March 25th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
big bruv – greenies don’t do apology, because even when they are wrong, they believe hey are right!
March 25th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I apologise for constantly upsetting you Inventory2 and making you say stupid things.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Impossible, greenfly’s head is so far up the fundament of her political masters that someone would have to pull her feet to get her out.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
2 has beens go head to head………..wooo hoooooo….YAWN
March 25th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Brian – and yet I can see quite clearly from in here!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Cullen will slay the old fossil (unless he has a ‘we’re in this together old grey bro’ moment).
March 25th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
This should screen on WWF.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
IMAGINE if it were Cullen and ENGLISH! Massacre!
March 25th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
As long as the host lets each of them speak and as long as that same host can keep what I suspect will be a huge turn out from Labour scum (Clinton Smith and the left wing rent a crowd) under control then Sir Roger will expose Kullen as the fraud and fiscal fool that he is.
Sir Rog will massacre Kullen, I wish I could attend.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Jeezus. A quarter of the posts on this thread are from bloody gan grenefly. Sounds like a bit of an obsession with sir roger
March 25th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Greenfly
You need to apologise because the comments you and the Greens made re the resumption of live sheep exports is not true, there are NO plans to reintroduce live sheep exports, the government is simply looking at the possibility of them resuming and from the enquires I have made a resumption is highly unlikely.
See that is the difference between the Greens and those of us who do care about animal welfare, whereas I have real concerns about this trade you guys have shown that you do not give a shit, you are nothing but liars and frauds when it comes to animal welfare.
You lied, the Greens lied (nothing new in that) and used a sensitive issue to score cheap political points for your shitty little party, you owe us an apology.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
stuff.co.nz (yesterday)
You what?
March 25th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Damn that sounds awesome! Wish I didn’t have to wait until tomorrow to see it “ondemand” ( I demand it now, dammit! why not now?!?!). Why couldn’t this be next week’s BB??!!
March 25th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Greenfly
That is outdated and incorrect information, whats more you and I both know that to be the case.
Now where is the apology?
March 25th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Post me the up-to-date information Big bruv and the apology is yours. Please make it a link so that I can read the full account (in the interests of fairness.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
It will be interesting to see how this goes. Roger Douglas will clean the floor with Cullen.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Have we got some feedback yet?
This has got to be the best lineup Backbenches has ever had. What pearls of wisdom were gleamed from the night’s discussion?
March 26th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Put it this way, Greenfly is obsessed about Sir Rogers age. He has called him an “old fossil” “Dessicated, brittle” and a “dried parchment”
Is this the way you treat your elders Greenfly? I bet you were thrilled to see the Sir Edmund Hillary die too weren’t ya?
March 26th, 2009 at 1:18 am
This has got to be the best lineup Backbenches has ever had. What pearls of wisdom were gleamed from the night’s discussion?”
That the format is shit…its too short and flakey….I was impresssed by Douglas not huarling a glass at the yobs in the audience and yell”Do you want a fucking ansewr to the question you inbred welfare birther cretins!!!?
It was good Franks was there to assit as Roger was never allowewd to reply without morons baying away..
Fitzsimmons got the biggest cheer for her vapid dross about wanting to live in a country that streals from people to give to scumy lossers or some such crap….
Until we gat a decent hour long studio based one on one interview program or a two person debate happening Im not wasting time on politics on NZ tv….backbenches treats it as a foolish jape and thats what comes accross…
March 26th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Thanks, Graeme Edgeler, but TVNZ doesn’t stream shows to overseas viewers.
March 26th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Goodness! David didn’t even mention that she was going to be there!
(don’t be so precious )
clintheine Is this the way you treat your elders Greenfly? No. I met Sir Ed and had a very pleasant chat with him. Good bloke. Douglas is antediluvian.
March 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
So what happened?
March 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Oh OK James. Guess I dont want to know anything more. Your response says it all
March 26th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Greenfly, go ahead and avoid the question. Or do you think its clever to talk about our elder statesmen in the safety of your basement?
March 26th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Hardly clever either, antediluvian is not what I’d call any politician. So what’s your obsession with his age?
March 26th, 2009 at 9:52 am
clintheine – I didn’t avoid your question. I answered NO. Could I be any more forthright? However I do offer my apologies to you clint – if I’d known Roger was your great grandfather, I’d not have said those terribly hurtful things.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Graeme Edgeler (880) Vote: 2 0 Says:
March 25th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
“ISeeRed/Hagues – Backbenches’ entire back catalogue is available to view here”:
http://tvnzondemand.co.nz/content/back_benches_s2_ep3/ondemand_video_skin.
“Each new episode should be viewable a day or so after the live airing.”
Thanks for that, Graeme Edgeler.
I just watched the whole thing. Someone has done an impressive job getting this on there so quick.
My comment? If that wasn’t a rent-a-crowd audience, and it truly represents the future of NZ, we are SCREWED.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
So I gather that the left wing rent a cunt crowd were out in force last night, I have to admit this is the reason I did not watch the show.
I get the impression from previous comments that Sir Roger was faced with abuse and interjections every time he tried to speak, why is it that the left are so keen to silence him?, are they scared that Sir Roger is saying exactly what the people want our political leaders to be doing?
March 26th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Host: “ACC is an efficient system”
Sir Roger Douglas: “ACC is bankrupt”.
LOL!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Must get around to watching this episode sometime.