The sharper end of Helen Clark's attack was a claim that Mr Key had an undisclosed conflict of interest because his family trust had 30,000 shares in…

Seriously, what are people going to do with themselves next January when that source of cheap shots is gone?

I think we're all having a really big party.

Key has issues Paul, but I think he's several stages up the talent ladder from Bush.

So Key is not prone to fumbling over his sentences and missing his cues like a certain leader of the free world that we all know?

From that 'perspective', Paul, I'm fricking George Bush. Seriously, what are people going to do with themselves next January when that source of cheap…

And that's where I zone out, Simon. It's the same reaction I have when Helen Clark is compared to Stalin or Mugabe.

So Key is not prone to fumbling over his sentences and missing his cues like a certain leader of the free world that we all know?

But where can I get a job charging obscene amounts of money for stating the bleeding obvious

Craig, I think it's called advertising. David will tell you all about it.

"John, you're doing brilliantly. The George Bush imitation...

And that's where I zone out, Simon. It's the same reaction I have when Helen Clark is compared to Stalin or Mugabe.

I reckon the "bleeding obvious" advice to Key would be something along the following lines:

"John, you're doing brilliantly. The George Bush imitation has been a masterstroke – the gaffes, the memory lapses, the shallow policy, the close management, the focus group sound-bites, the shadowy advisors, the secret agendas,…

Schmooze

Awww... cute and all kinds of wrong. My favourite combo.

But where can I get a job charging obscene amounts of money for stating the bleeding obvious. Like: "Boris, you've got a serious chance of becoming Mayor of London. So, pull a fucking comb through your hair and stop…

Poor old puddy tat got his paw snapped in a rat trap...