Hooton on Maggie Barry and Botany

Hooton spreating the usual untruths about Nationals selection being ‘very’ democratic.
Fact: More than half of the delegates will selected by party HQ in Remuera.

This is how John Key got selected over a sitting MP ( the head office candidate bogey).
They even held the doors open later for those ‘local delegates’ who got lost.

And as we have seen recently in the Carter selection in The South Island, which was overturned by HQ. Was that a democratic selection. No they did it because it was corrupt.

Since when did Hooton become all knowldegable about the National Party , Is he a member or office holder. At least Faffar has lead his party to glorious defeats when he has put his oar in at the regional and electorate level.

The hard liners really have it in for Maggie. because they suspect she is a centrist and not a far right.

paulus, do you realise you are repeating the Labour party line about John Key having no political experience whatso ever ( nor did he spend time labouring away for the good of the party).
THis is a bye election in election year , its a media event for the candidates, who are normally ignored during a general election. Her folksy non partisan ways ( like a female Ronald Reagan) are just what the pros who actually run the party now want.
As well saying she knows nothing about politics is absurd. She was in the heart of radio political journalism for years, so knows ‘sound bites’ in her sleep