It's Friday. Now, you might think that information rather obvious. Normally it is, but if you've been hanging around the left leaning blogs you might be forgiven for wondering what day of the week it is, if up means down and if wrong means right. Even history seems to have changed before our very eyes.
"Ah, those were the days" they sigh, with some sort of wistful tremor in their voice. Doonegate. Benson-Pope's form in tennis. Dover Samuels lack of form in the hotel hallways. Tamihere being plied with half a glass of red wine to reveal the inner workings of Helengrad. Cullen's train set purchases and wonderful wit: "Eat that, we won, you lost...", the Prime Minister immune to the G-forces and thrills of high speed racing, half a billion dollars on Te Wananga courses, the famed impartiality of speaker Wilson, Labour's noble motivations in pushing the Electoral Finance Bill through under urgency. The list goes on. And on.
Taito Philip-Field and the Clark administration's careful management of the issue leading up to the election.
Ah, those were the days. Remember them well folks, they may not be there in quite the same way this time next week.
So sit back, pour yourself a drink, have a nibble and reflect on the glory days of Labour and the times ahead for National. Their history shapes our future. Might be worth remembering that.
"Ah, those were the days" they sigh, with some sort of wistful tremor in their voice. Doonegate. Benson-Pope's form in tennis. Dover Samuels lack of form in the hotel hallways. Tamihere being plied with half a glass of red wine to reveal the inner workings of Helengrad. Cullen's train set purchases and wonderful wit: "Eat that, we won, you lost...", the Prime Minister immune to the G-forces and thrills of high speed racing, half a billion dollars on Te Wananga courses, the famed impartiality of speaker Wilson, Labour's noble motivations in pushing the Electoral Finance Bill through under urgency. The list goes on. And on.
Taito Philip-Field and the Clark administration's careful management of the issue leading up to the election.
Ah, those were the days. Remember them well folks, they may not be there in quite the same way this time next week.
So sit back, pour yourself a drink, have a nibble and reflect on the glory days of Labour and the times ahead for National. Their history shapes our future. Might be worth remembering that.