Do they have tape measures with them?

March 25th, 2011 at 12:19 pm by David Farrar

The next two candidares on Labour’s list are Judith Tizard and Mark Burton. If a Labour List MP resigns before the election, then they will be offered their place in Parliament.

Judith Tizard is Auckland based and Mark Burton lives in Taupo.

So is it just a coincidence that Judith Tizard was seen on a flight to Wellington yesterday afternoon, and Mark Burton was seen on Lambton Quay late this morning?

Tags: Judith Tizard, Labour, Mark Burton

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35 Responses to “Do they have tape measures with them?”

Viking2 (9,497) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Vampires round a corpse that’s not quite dead yet?
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Inventory2 (8,811) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Mark Burton always looked a bit like a Funeral Director …
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SPC (2,929) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Hopefully being supplied with alcohol to get them into compromising positions … or to remind all of us why Hughes appeared to have a bright future in the party.
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Bevan (3,951) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
I’ll never forget the image of Burton as the so called ‘Defense Minister” defending the disbanding of the Air Combat wing with such intellectual rebuttal as “where will the money come from”, and “that would require the closing of schools and hospitals”.

Then if I recall, the country posted a 4 – 5 billion surplus that year…..
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Pete George (17,596) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Today’s little rumour seeding – two for the price of one?

You say “if a Labour List MP resigns” but “they will be offered their place in Parliament.”

Two into one don’t go. The other one has an electorate seat.
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Bob R (1,040) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Mark Burton ahead of Tizard thanks.

OT, but what is up with this kind of school girl violence? Is it possible to deport the offenders to the South Pole?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10714883
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Whaleoil (729) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Duh! Pete…no he doesn’t… Louise Upston spanked him last election
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SPC (2,929) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
They both their seats at the last election.
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Pete George (17,596) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Clarify – if Hughes resigns that’s one list seat, both Tizard and Burton can’t both sit in it.

Goff has an electorate seat.

[DPF: Oh yes. Tizard gets offered it first, and then Burton if she turns it down]
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Ross Miller (1,539) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Rats rushing to join a sinking ship comes easily to the mind. Nah, unfair (to rats). So let’s just confine ourselves to reflecting that Judith and Mark are, in the lexicon of the Labour Party, the next best they have on offer ….
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SPC (2,929) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Judith Tizard is not standing for Auckland Central this election, there is no candidate chosen for Taupo yet.

Unless Tizard is intending to stand on the list only, it would appear she is not standing in 2011 and confiirmation of that and a decision not to be available to take on this seat would lead to an offer to Burton (depending on whether he would seek the Taupo nomination, or be offered a high place on the list)
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SPC (2,929) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
But even if chosen for Taupo electorate in 2011, Burton would be unlikely to win the seat back so is dependent on a high list place to return to parliament for another term.

If Hughes is replaced the most appropriate person to come in someone who would receive a high ranking on the list and remain for the next term.
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smttc (411) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
There is no way Darren Hughes is going to resign from Parliament – at least not without a fight and I doubt Goff wants to get rid of him anyway. So little talent in Labour already.

Hughes doesn’t know how to do anything other than be a trougher. He has no life or work experience outside of politics. He would have to retrain or consign himself to the scrapheap at the age of 32. No way.
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sthn.jeff (89) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
smttc… He has already offered to resign. Refused by Goof
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Pete George (17,596) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
there is no way Darren Hughes is going to resign from Parliament

He has already offered to (unless the offer/decline was a show): Darren Hughes resignation declined by Goff
Possibly more bad timing by Goff.
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KiwiGreg (2,800) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
@ smttc he will get a job in a Labour MPs office or at the UN I’m sure.
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Manolo (9,953) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
You can almost see Tizard, socialist hardworker and intellectual giant, broaching a bottle of Bollinger in celebration of her well earnt return to Parliament.

The IQ of the House will go up by double digits ….not.
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KH (680) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
These are experienced troughers.
Darren would have offered to resign, but only after it was guaranteed to him it would not be accepted.
And then both he and Goff would have approved the press release to make them both look good.
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BeaB (1,611) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
He could be Helen’s houseman in NY. I doubt she has one already.
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wreck1080 (2,851) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Please let it be man-hating Judith.

That hysterical piece of fluff would do wonders for labour.
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Maggie (674) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
OMG, Burton and Tizard seen in Wellington! It’s a conspiracy! Run for your lives! The sky is falling……
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RightNow (5,395) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Relax, that wasn’t Tizard, it was Barry Humphries.
http://www.google.co.nz/images?q=Barry+Humphries&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vfWLTYjMD4ikuAP6yLWpDQ&ved=0CEsQsAQ&biw=1354&bih=793
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side show bob (3,660) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
It’s probably time for Judith to return to the fold with winter coming and all, think of all the jerseys she can knit while parliament is sitting.
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davidp (2,739) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
RightNow>Relax, that wasn’t Tizard, it was Barry Humphries.

Are you sure it wasn’t Tizard? These photos of Tizard suggest an uncanny likeness:

http://www.google.co.nz/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1354&bih=793&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=hyacinth+bucket&aq=f&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=
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nadir (88) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
If Tizard does stand aside I imagine it would be on the back of a pretty hefty promise. Ambassador to the UN once (if) labour are back in power?
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big bruv (11,207) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Note how so many in the media have started talking about “Poor Darren Hughes” and the end of his “stellar career”.

No mention of the 18 year old boy, no mention of the obvious terror this kid felt….nope, it’s all about Darren Hughes, a man with a history of things like this.
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Manolo (9,953) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
That’s very true, bruv. The sycophantic media have been parroting the line that Hughes is a bright Labour star and other inanities, without given any thought to the victim or the gravity of the situation. The bias is sickening.

Could you imagine if this had happenned to a National or Act MP?

The conditioning of the public by the media is well under way and will continue untl the Police releases the result of its investigations.
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OECD rank 22 kiwi (2,678) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
If Darren Hughes resigns from Parliament then the replacement would have to come from the Rainbow faction of Labour to maintain their representation of at least 50% of sitting Labour MP’s.

So the List doesn’t represent a problem for Labour.
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big bruv (11,207) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Manolo

Yes….and remember that Howard Broad is still the Commissioner of police, an appointment made by Klark.

I have no doubt that any police investigation will end up as “while there is prima facie evidence”

Klark knows where the skeletons are, Klark owns Broad and I would not be surprised if Broad is told to make sure this goes no further.
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Pete George (17,596) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
I would not be surprised if Broad is told to make sure this goes no further.

I’d be surprised if anything like that happens – it sounds as bad as the lefty’s current conspiracy theories.
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NX (595) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Are Darren & Tizard really that different.
I’m sure plenty of men have been seen running from Tizard’s house.
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DJP6-25 (1,100) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Oh please let it be Judith Tizard. I wonder if she’s learnt anything about cars in the interim?

cheers

David Prosser
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Rex Widerstrom (4,965) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Judith Tizard… the Labour Party’s very own Miss Havisham.
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Rich Prick (1,101) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Oh please bring back Judith. The knitting community has been sorely under-represented since she left. Although I thought she was busy as Helen’s lap-warmer.
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Maggie (674) Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
big bruv, how was the stopwork meeting? Are you going on strike? Will anyone notice?
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