NZ First campaign launch: Winston's speech - analysis

Just before the action started there was this Peter Sellers moment (the younger generation might call it a Mike Myers moment) when a turbaned gentlemen wandered down the aisle. He was on the far side so all I could see was the outfit. Was he really lost, or was he really, really lost. My immediate reaction was, 'where's NewsBoy? - Is this a gag or what?' That's my co-blogger to the left in the picture, and as a member of the media who is acting on the directions of the "vested interests" and "finance barons" Mr Thomas would come in for a bollocking. I had to turn to him several times and tell him "shame!" after what Winston had revealed about how the media really works in this country. Shame! I toyed with the idea of getting a chant of "shame!" going - it just seemed so right for that moment, coming as it did around the time... [read full story]