I went to Drinking pretetiously tonight at the Lundun bar.
Good grief. Has ever a bar gone so far downhill? (Gluepot excluded) I would rather drink vomit from a vagrants sock than suffer the excuse for beer in that hell hole.

I know what you mean. I enjoyed the company…

A small tip to the Nats: to indicate how gravely you view the situation it might be useful to refer to the gentleman in question (as TV One News did) as “the Foreign Minister” rather than “Winston Peters“.

No, they need to keep this as Winston Peters because:

The latter…

Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.

Nemo me impune lacessit, is it getting hot in here?
In other News.
I went to Drinking pretetiously tonight at the Lundun bar.
Good grief. Has ever a bar gone so far downhill? (Gluepot excluded) I would rather drink vomit from a vagrants…

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?.

Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.

Or maybe some modified version of the bat signal, casting the shadow of a silly looking wig or something. Or, I hesitate to suggest, an ambulance driving across the clouds for him to follow?

It should be a modified Snoopy in the silly-looking wig, surely. 'Legal Beagle'!

I'm sure Graeme Edgeler could elaborate.

I like how as soon as a legal question comes up, we all mention Graeme. He needs some sort of txt alert system. "Legal question raised in PAS 1.04PM by Steve Barnes"

Or maybe some modified version of the bat signal, casting the shadow…

it means 'ignorance of the law is no excuse

And I guess "caveat emptor" applies to those providing the funding...

Quite so. Interesting about ACT's position on that given Hide's delegated role as attack dog.

Well, to be fair, Don, perhaps Rodney actually opposed the creation of that register on principle (and I certainly think the RPI has loopholes you could drive the Death Star through, but a damn sight…

Which means "I speak Latin and you don't"

No, Steve, it means 'ignorance of the law is no excuse" — and if you don't believe me, try pleading ignorance with the IRD or Work and Income and the best of British to you. I do love of the irony of…

Ignorantia juris non excusat

Which means "I speak Latin and you don't"
Almost any leader of a political organisation would have some kind of legal "Fighting Fund" and keep it seperate from all other donations, as far as I know. It makes sense as different laws apply to different kinds…

And perhaps we now know why New Zealand First (along with ACT) was the only party who opposed setting up a register of pecuniary interests for all MPs.

Quite so. Interesting about ACT's position on that given Hide's delegated role as attack dog.

I'm delighted Winston is taking it Very Seriously Indeed also and has said he intends to litigate against the Dominion Post for the current series of issues it has brought up today.

(This raises the obvious question for him surely: "who's gonna pay the bill this time?")

No, Mr. Reid,…

A small tip to the Nats: to indicate how gravely you view the situation

Except, they don't, do they? I mean, is the 2005 election taught us anything it was the lying and wriggling that various political parties, not least National, went through to hide their funders and backers and…