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Labour's Leper

by Whaleoil on December 11, 2009

Have a care for Labour’s Leper.

Phil Twyford surely must be wondering what he has to do to get an electorate seat. He tried unsuccesfully in North Shore twice, 2005 and 2008, then was Helen’s anointed replacement until Phil Goff decided to parachute in his mate from Amman, the carpet bagger, David Shearer.

Still he didn’t get bitter he studiously set about looking for another seat with the possibility of a win and decided on Auckland Central. He even set up his office just metres up the road from Nikki Kaye’s in order to try and get some reflected glory off her and then the carpet bagger from Waikato/Tauranga/Baot of PLenty/Rotorua Jacinda Ardern gets plonked into Auckland Central to go head to head with Kaye.

Phil Twyford took yet another one for the team and so he cast about again and decided he would try to be a westie, after all it couldn’t hurt, he had tried the North Shore, Central Auckland, then Auckland Central, surely if he tried for Waitakere he’d finally be ok if he could get past Paula Bennett.

But no that was not to be, he now has to fight for the seat with Carmel Sepuloni.

It isn’t beyond the realms of possibility that poor old Phil, Labour’s Leper will be asked to stand in Pakuranga or Helensville just to make up the numbers. No longer is he just a simple carpet bagger, Phil Twyford must feel like Labour’s Leper.

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  • Inventory2

    Unclean, unclean ….

    Seriously though, you have to feel a degree of sympathy for Twyford. He’s been shafted at every turn. Having said that though, how many electorates will Labour win in 2011? Being list-only might not be such a bad thing!

  • pdm

    Is Sepuloni already in Parliament?

    I saw her name mentioned a few weeks ago but thoght she was just a party member or unionist pushing a barrow – or whatever it is they push these days.

  • mediatart

    Pity he doesnt do it the National party way, Key was ‘parachuted’ into the helensville seat a million miles from inner Auckland where he lives. But it was a golden parachute when you splash $50,000 cheques around. But to make sure, hold the doors open for the ringins bought in to out number the westie locals when the votes are added up.

  • David

    Why is Ardern being put up in Auckland Central? She’s unelectable. Even for the Labour Party she’s completely economically illiterate.

  • mediatart

    And why shouldnt Twford put his office in Ponsonby Rd.
    Pansy Wong had an office , next to the Floras brothel, in central Auckland. Yet she now represents Botany way out Whales way. Perhaps she got lost one day, since when she was first elected a list MP she lived in Christchurch. Seems like the parachute from Christchurch to central Auckland then got blown around a bit

    Same for Tolley , was a list MP when she lived in Napier ( was deputy mayor), then she ‘parachuted’ into East Cape, which includes Whakatane.
    Perhaps the National party people in Whakatane wondered how they ended up with a Napier deputy mayor

  • jabba

    Whale, I think you should leave the poor bugga alone .. it must be heartbreaking for him .. if only he was gay.

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  • Tauhei Notts

    The right and the left.
    Alex Swney and Jacinda Ardern both quit boring Morrinsville to pursue careers in Auckland,