Comments on: The next Speaker

By: RandySavage

RandySavage — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:21:57 +0000

Unlike you Cactus, Sue actually got out there and put her principles on the line.
keyboard jockey

By: tvb

tvb — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:46:07 +0000

It will be a national mp who is broadly acceptable to the other parties. I do not know who that could be but that seems to he the best formula.

By: axeman

axeman — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:55:34 +0000

…. I’d have no problem with Annette King as Speaker – she’d be pretty good.” WTF! You recommend Full Moon as speaker?

I can stiill hear her screaming out SCUMBAG at the top of her voice during Question Time in the House.

Nice choice Mr Farrar

By: bereal

bereal — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:51:24 +0000

Firing the Privy Council and establishing the Supreme Court was part of the Labour manifesto
in the same way that shitting on the ANZUS Treaty was.

Labour mantra, “we won the election, we have a mandate. ”
Lying socialists.

By: Barnsley Bill

Barnsley Bill — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:53:38 +0000

Graeme, you are possibly rarer than rocking horse shit in the fact that you are probably the only person to know that. Not that I am doubting you but I would certainly like to see that document.
Testament to its complete failure is the fact we are importing left wing dudley doorights from Canada to award money to murderers.
And we have a supreme court of hard left maori sympathisers put in place to poo finger non left govts until the day after the end of time.

What Cactus said.
David you are starting to make John Minto look like Pinochet.

By: Whaleoil

Whaleoil — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:52:40 +0000

He is long gone from the VRWC…can’t demerit the demerited

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:48:52 +0000

Sorry, Why would anyone read something sue kedgley wrote?

By: Cactus Kate

Cactus Kate — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:46:41 +0000

The simple fact you linked to anything by Sue Kedgely earns you maximum VRWC demerits David.

By: Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:37:32 +0000

Barnsley – why was the Supreme Court thrust unsuspecting upon us?

It was in the Labour Party manifesto.

[DPF: IIRC the manifesto merely said they would look at it - did not say they would do it]

By: Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:35:52 +0000

The stay as Speaker until they retire from the House thing was how the British used to do it. The other parties would not contest that electorate.

It also used to alternate between Labour and the Conservatives, I believe.

I do like the process they use now, however, of a secret ballot, however, the suggestion we should give the Speaker a tie-braking vote, or remove their vote from their party strength is a poor one while we have MMP and the party whip.

By: Barnsley Bill

Barnsley Bill — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:18:27 +0000

Lockwood may be a preening peacock consumed with the sound of his own voice but he is a massive improvement on Wilson who rammed a supreme court up our dry unsuspecting shitters and the fat kiwi version of Jimmy Saville who preceded her.

It will be a national mp. One who has reached the top of the career arc and who can be trusted to not fuck it up.

By: Nigel Kearney

Nigel Kearney — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:05:42 +0000

I don’t agree that resigning from their party would turn a partisan into a non-partisan. Probably they would continue to be as partisan as before, maybe more because it would be less embarrassing to the government. If we are going to go down this track at all, why not just appoint a judge or someone else from outside Parliament?

David, you appear to have left the quote marks off the mention of Winston Peters. The next paragraph makes it clear you didn’t write that, but people may have spat their coffee already by then.

By: RF

RF — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:16:24 +0000

Calendar girl… Sue who. Well beyond her use by date but still seeks public recognition… she should just go away and look after her composting toilet.

By: calendar girl

calendar girl — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:47:40 +0000

Why should we jump to a conclusion that the present system’s broke, simply because the irrelevant Sue Kedgley says so?

By: Steve (North Shore)

Steve (North Shore) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:01:13 +0000

David Shearer for the new speaker, yeah!

By: RF

RF — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:31:01 +0000

Manolo… and in addition as she sat there scowling she gave her Govt a free hit against anything National tried to put through. As for Hunt.. the Minister of Wine & Cheese – Dear God …… Another Labour misfit.

By: bereal

bereal — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:26:53 +0000

Correct Manolo @ 4.18 well said, and most would agree with you.

We can only assume that joana either didn’t watch Parliament when Wilson was Speaker,
or what ?
To say Smith favoured his own party is a risible statement when you compare him to Wilson.

By: Manolo

Manolo — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:18:16 +0000

The worst Speaker in recent history is the horrible, abominable, loathsome, Margaret Wilson.

By: bereal

bereal — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:13:43 +0000

joana,

you might have found his judgements tedious but that is how he showed he considered all aspects
before rendering his ruling.
He may have annoyed you but he got it right.

Usually joana you have it right but in this case, where you state that he favoured his own party
you have it wrong, very wrong.

Smith was a breath of fresh air in that regard.

Wilson and Hunt were both partisan. Smith was fair.
Even Labour would agree that he was fair.

By: bereal

bereal — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:59:51 +0000

Who would get the prize for the worst, most partisan, most useless Speaker of the House in living memory ?

Would it be Jonothan Hunt , (“order, order, the member must begin his question with a question word.”)

or would it be Margaret Wilson. (“Scream, scream, scream, order, order.”)

For my money, Wilson was even worser than Hunt.
Talk about rising to your level of incompetence.
Wilson excelled in proving the Peter Principle.

Question. Can anyone imagine Labour appointing a speaker who wasn’t a labour member ?

Lockwood Smith has exposed both these previous partisan non entities.