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October 16, 2013 11:36am by David Farrar

Tui strikes again

Tui tweeted their new billboard this morning. I wonder if they’ll put one up near the Auckland Town Hall!

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Redbaiter

What a shame the NZ right apparently does not possess the ability to defeat Len Brown in the field of ideas.
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October 16, 2013 11:42am
David Farrar

What a shame Redbaiter uses collective terms for individuals. That’s what the left normally do. And I don’t think Tui is part of the NZ Right.
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October 16, 2013 11:55am
Yogibear

The last two days’ revelations about whats been going on at the town hall represent a much stronger case for giving council cleaners a pay rise than any living wage argument.
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October 16, 2013 11:56am
Bovver

And the hits just keep on coming. I wonder when we can look forward to Red Len slapping his head again.
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October 16, 2013 12:04pm
gazzmaniac

You know what I find really, really, really amusing about all this? Many of the “liberal” wing of the National Party, including DPF, are being the morals police all of a sudden!

I have no doubt in my mind that it would be a totally different story if it was a National MP or National-affiliated mayor

Yes, I feel sorry for his Mrs Brown and her kids. No I don’t really care, it’s an issue that Len has to sort out with his wife. That should have been the same attitude that the following people should have taken:
1. The pretty chinese girl he fucked, before she passed the information on to the country’s biggest shit stirrer.
2. Cameron Slater, the country’s biggest shit stirrer, before he made these allegations public.
3. All the bloggers including DPF before they parroted it and gave it more publicity.
4. The editor of the Herald, before it was put on their website.
5. The editors of the TV news, before it went to air.
6. The editors of all the other major news sources.
7. The hypocritical people who are making such a song and dance about it in the social media.

Get over it. It’s making everyone look like children.
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October 16, 2013 12:16pm
Peter

I couldn’t care less what Len does on his own time.

Doing it, allegedly, at the office over two years, on the the ratepayers dime, leaving the trail he has, shows poor judgement and questionable levels of personal integrity in a job that requires high levels of both.

THAT is the issue, gazmaniac.
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October 16, 2013 12:37pm
Redbaiter

” I couldn’t care less what Len does on his own time. ”

Gee whiz, you’re such a marvelously free spirited non-judgmental tolerant open-minded liberal person.
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October 16, 2013 12:44pm
Harriet

Or as Imp has posted at coNZervative :

What a strange world we live in…

1. AUCK NEWSREADER abandons husband and children to be in a sexual relationship with another woman.

Is a hero for being ‘true to herself’ and feted on cover of magazines.

2. AUCK MAYOR has sex with woman not his wife.

Is a scandal.
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October 16, 2013 12:49pm
Peter

Gee whiz, you’re such a marvelously free spirited non-judgmental tolerant open-minded liberal person

Yes, indeed that’s true. What a clever, perceptive fellow you are. I’m sure everyone can see it. Well done! Where can we send your gold star and your award for winning the “perceptive fellow of the day” award?

Again, you’re very clever.
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October 16, 2013 12:57pm
Fletch

1. AUCK NEWSREADER abandons husband and children to be in a sexual relationship with another woman.

Is a hero for being ‘true to herself’ and feted on cover of magazines.

Exactly.
When Alison Mau left Simon Dallow, one of the women’s magazines at the time had her on the cover with the phrases ‘Alison’s Courage – “I Just Don’t Love Simon Anymore”‘. At the time I thought, how is that “courageous”? Basing what you want to do on a ‘feeling’? Even complete wankers leave their spouse when they reckon they’re not in love with them anymore, and it has nothing to do with courage.
If she were really “courageous” she would have stayed with him, at least for the kids. In this day and age the thought seems to be that love is a “feeling” and that after those touchy-feely emotions have gone you’re free to leave and say “stuff it” to commitment.
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October 16, 2013 12:59pm
Harriet

gazzmaniac#

8. Slater being a wanker for printing the ‘as a catholic’ comment made by her.

One minute Slater dismisses ‘Catholic morality’ as being irrelevent – the next minute he prints it as though it has ‘at least some relevence – somewhere’.

It either does or it doesn’t, Slater should take one position and stick with it or STFU about Catholics and Catholicism.
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October 16, 2013 1:08pm
edhunter

Funny how this story & the one about rates becoming income based break once it’s too late to make a difference to the election. Come the next one & if Len stands again no one will care.
Conspiracy theory time, the herald wanted Len to be re-elected, but also wanted to boost readership so it holds the story until it’s too late affect the election then releases the ‘scandal’.
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October 16, 2013 1:26pm
gazzmaniac

I think everyone is just jealous that he bedded a woman 25 years his junior.

Doing it, allegedly, at the office over two years, on the the ratepayers dime, leaving the trail he has, shows poor judgement and questionable levels of personal integrity in a job that requires high levels of both.

I don’t see how it is an issue at all, provided that they didn’t leave a mess for the underpaid cleaning staff.
Office sex happens all the time.
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October 16, 2013 1:41pm
OneTrack

Gazzmaniac – “I have no doubt in my mind that it would be a totally different story if it was a National MP or National-affiliated mayor”

You are absolutely right. If that was the case, you, John Campbell and all the newspapers would be calling for him to be publicly castrated, tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a horse backwards. But, because its “their” team, just a bit of sniggering, a heartfelt interview and it will all be over. Again.
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October 16, 2013 1:46pm
Peter

I don’t see how it is an issue at all, provided that they didn’t leave a mess for the underpaid cleaning staff.
Office sex happens all the time.

I’ve yet to work at a place where “flicking one off” under the desk whilst on the phone to a colleague is deemed acceptable.

By the way, do you work for a government department?
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October 16, 2013 1:50pm
gazzmaniac

Gazzmaniac – “I have no doubt in my mind that it would be a totally different story if it was a National MP or National-affiliated mayor”

You are absolutely right. If that was the case, you, John Campbell and all the newspapers would be calling for him to be publicly castrated, tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a horse backwards. But, because its “their” team, just a bit of sniggering, a heartfelt interview and it will all be over. Again.

Onetrack, I would have thought from my posts on other threads that it is fairly obvious which side of politics I vote for. Since you’re a bit slow, I am attacking “my own team” on this (not that I have much respect for pollies in general)

I’ve yet to work at a place where “flicking one off” under the desk whilst on the phone to a colleague is deemed acceptable.

Fun in general is unacceptable to management in most organisations.

By the way, do you work for a government department?

No. Do you?
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October 16, 2013 1:58pm
Peter

Fun in general is unacceptable to management in most organisations.

“Flicking one off” under the desk whilst on the phone to a colleague is widely deemed to be unacceptable. Sharing a joke between colleagues is generally encouraged.

If you don’t know the difference, then I’m not sure I’d want you as an employee.
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October 16, 2013 2:13pm
gazzmaniac

I’m almost certain I wouldn’t want you as my boss. Based on your comment at 12:57 it sounds like you are an arsehole.
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October 16, 2013 2:15pm
Peter

Bless
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October 16, 2013 2:25pm
nadir

New campaign song for Len Brown?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QoA44c23A&list=RD0204QoA44c23A
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October 16, 2013 2:27pm
MT_Tinman

At 11:00 today Radio Live (I think, Plunket’s talk/wank anyway) broke off the Len Brown talkback to lead the news with the story that Brown today would be busy helping the new Jafa council “pull itself together”.

After I stopped laughing I couldn’t help but think that it is a pity he didn’t do this a couple of years ago.
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October 16, 2013 3:01pm
ChardonnayGuy

To be honest, Brown doesn’t have the whole left on his side. Many LGBT voters are antagonised by his obstinate, moralistic and hypocritical moral guardian games over the continuing Auckland Council crusade to ban street sex work, regardless of the consequences on vulnerable whakawahine/faafafine sex workers. I would have preferred Minto, but sadly, that wasn’t to be the case. However amusing this is, we don’t select public officials on whether or not they’re bastions of social conservative ideological purity, though. And incidentally, one wonders if Brown is now turning bright red…? 😉
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October 16, 2013 3:13pm
iMP

Grabaseat follow….

http://conzervative.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/grabbing-len-brown/
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