Public Address | Cafe | Southerly: This Week in Parliament: 14 December 2014 - 19 December 2014 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Matthew Poole https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334330#post334330 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334330#post334330 the results of that vote didn't go as predicted. No US veto, and an Australian "no". NZ didn't participate because we're not a member of the SC until 18:00 tonight NZDT. ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:00:32 +1300 Matthew Poole https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334329#post334329 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334329#post334329 Will they toe the US/UK veto line ?
or will they be a force for change,
and help create a Palestinian state...

Uh, if there's a veto that's the end of the matter. That's what veto means. Could be 14:1, but if one of the P5 exercises veto that's all…

]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:40:41 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334323#post334323 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334323#post334323 round table bleat…

Happy New Year Ian. May your New Year be filled with joy. Your astute appraisal of the situation no matter the circumstance is a pleasure to behold. Love your work ,especially the early stuff, :)
hey . Happy New Year everyone. I'm off to celebrate my birthday…

]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:02:02 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334307#post334307 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334307#post334307 round table bleat...
I wonder how NZ will acquit itself at
the UN Security Council meeting today?
Will they toe the US/UK veto line ?
or will they be a force for change,
and help create a Palestinian state...

are we to be:
the mouse that roars
or
the mouth…

]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2014 09:37:20 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334245#post334245 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334245#post334245 Hawaii he's gone AWOL
Ebola he's gone viral
Calling Satanists Satanists is not PC. Devil worshipping MFers is now the preferred descriptor.
St Francly, if he bends down too far he'll have his ring in his ear.
Fact. End of.

]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:06:44 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334236#post334236 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334236#post334236 I love you David. You are the best.

And best wishes to Miss Spong.

]]> Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:11:05 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334197#post334197 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334197#post334197 Nah, that was Gerry taking a leaf out of Mike's book and doing the ring thing.

"Did the earf moof fer you too John...."

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:11:35 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334196#post334196 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334196#post334196 Shake yo money maker....
You can blame Gerry Brownlee and his pals....
He runs that CERA thingy doesn't he?
Lovely bloke, he's done wonders at recovering the Earthquakes
Why we just had a robust little 4 and a 3.6 this very evening
They're responding nicely to all that money he…

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:56:51 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334195#post334195 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334195#post334195 It's the Hosking-talk that got me:)

More from Hosking:

"So what if Rome catches fire? My house is built far away enough that it's not an issue for me."

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:42:34 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334193#post334193 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334193#post334193 I have an overpowering urge ...

roflnui

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:45:53 +1300 Cecelia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334189#post334189 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334189#post334189 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:06:58 +1300 Euan Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334186#post334186 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334186#post334186 LOL, thanks!

"At the end of the day New Zealanders are much more interested in snapper than my satanic baby sacrifices,, which were not done in the Prime Minister's office because even though my office was the venue I was not performing as Prime Minister at that particular time."

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:34:04 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334184#post334184 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334184#post334184 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:40:35 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334181#post334181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334181#post334181 David...young fellow I presume?

Could you PLEASE advise readers visit the little girls room before we commence....


This is SO embarrassing.....

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:20:34 +1300 Cushla McKinney https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334179#post334179 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334179#post334179 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:34:04 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334178#post334178 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334178#post334178 Thanks David, your post has put a smile on my face.

A pleasure, Angela! Only sorry that I couldn't respond to a heartfelt request for a children's Christmas story (I did that for a couple of years on PA). You can blame Gerry Brownlee and his pals for my current…

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:32:54 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334177#post334177 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334177#post334177 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:31:32 +1300 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334176#post334176 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334176#post334176 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:25:33 +1300 Leopold https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334172#post334172 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334172#post334172 Papal? Surely Mr H dosent mean to associate him with such lefty ranters as Francis I?
The Romans would have made him a god – The Divine John Key at least. Even Caesaropapism seems a bit too down market for him...

]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:12:40 +1300 Pdogge https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334167#post334167 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334167#post334167 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 07:45:06 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334164#post334164 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334164#post334164 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:32:38 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334163#post334163 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334163#post334163 Apologies for the belated appearance of this week’s political round-up. Our 88-year-old stenographer, Miss Spong, has unfortunately had personal issues that have resulted in delayed delivery of our transcriptions.

Happily, however, Miss Spong has selflessly pulled out all the stops and tirelessly worked all weekend in her prison cell to…

]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:28:13 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334162#post334162 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-this-week-in-parliament-14-december/?p=334162#post334162 Discussion from blog post.

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