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Maggie Barry hits the ground running

by Whaleoil on November 30, 2011

Maggie Barry has started well. Not only has she sledged the Clown of Campbells Bay but she has also told Len Brown to go fly a kite over his silly rail loop and Labour to get stuffed for using “holiday highway”.

Maggie Barry hit the ground running as the North Shore electorate’s first woman MP.

The morning after National’s resounding victory she sent a strong message to Auckland mayor Len Brown, saying there would be a CBD rail link before a second harbour crossing “over our dead bodies”.

And the former broadcaster also affirmed her support for the Puhoi-Wellsford motorway extension.

She attacked those who have labelled it the “holiday highway.

“I refuse to use the `H’ word. It will be an umbilical cord for the far north and its economy.

“It is an arrogance for the critics to take money already set aside for this purpose and use it for something else.”

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  • Bafacu

    Bloody glad I voted for you Maggie – go stick it to them! Didn’t really know if you had what it took for this level but you’re off to a great start – look forward to your “maiden” speach.

  • Gazzaw

    The other Maggie would approve. Shades of 10 Downing St.

  • Honcho

    The garden lady even knows the rail loop is retarded, and that the ‘holiday highway’ is really SH1 !!! At last, some common sense from a common women.

    Contrary to commonly held belief outside greater auckland, not all aucklanders want a retarded train set at their expense.

    • Agent BallSack

      Nah, we know its Len and his loopy mates who want it. At the cost of one of our major roading infrastructure upgrades. Transmission Gully would die in the water if the Greens had their way.

  • Troy

    Aunt Maggie rocks big time – a great speaker, sharp as and her alongside the Crusher – what a formidable pair – Labour just don’t know what’s coming there way – especially the gaggle bunch that O’Connor referred, they’ll be screaming down the corridors and hiding just as Carter did  :)  

  • Anonymous

    Go Maggie! Nothing like a women (red head at that) with some logic, commonsense and a lack of the ‘pc’ stuff. About time there were some home truths from the politicians. Mapp never said boo. As for Andrew Williams – the real live example of why MMP has to be changed.