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January 30, 2008 8:18am by David Farrar

Bauble Watching

The Press keeps up the excellent bauble watch tradition for the Minister of baubles.

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Monty

Well come October Winston will be unemployed so he has obviously decided to make the most of the perks of office.

Parliament will be a better place without the self-centred prick.
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January 30, 2008 8:52am
Richard Hurst

oh..Winnie poo why must you spend so much my cash?
Why must you give my taxes such a bash?
Why must you spend all of my money,
Just to give a good time to your honey?

Romantic trips on the ice, I know can be fun,
But what is it that you’ve actually got done?
Winston, the baubles can be fun, can be grand,
But they had to come from out of my hand.

I you really love your partner, your lovepet,
But the cash that you spend came from my sweat.

So Winston think twice,
Before spending up big on the ice,
Because what I’m thinking about you right now,
Well…it an’t nice.
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January 30, 2008 8:54am
pdm

Well done Richard.
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January 30, 2008 9:16am
3-coil

Did Winnie leave 2 x pairs of socks on while at it in Antarctica – maybe his squeeze could report back and give the taxpayers some value (entertainment) for their funding of this junket.
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January 30, 2008 9:30am
Brownie

Am quote surprised he would do something this stupid – with an election around the corner and NZ First with a fight on it’s hands to stay in parliament, any sense of improprietry would be just another nail in the coffin.

Of course, he will just blame the “vile” media.
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January 30, 2008 9:37am
pdm

By the way – has he paid back the $158,000.
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January 30, 2008 10:43am
PhilBest

Doesn’t it tend to look worse and worse when the “partner” who shares in the ministerial priveledges changes somewhat frequently?
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January 30, 2008 11:33am
RRM

Not at all – Winston’s a class act of the old school. Probably one of the few of them that could pull whenever he wants!
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January 30, 2008 12:26pm
Rex Widerstrom

Well taking her along was the least he could do after she knitted one of these to keep his baubles warm on the ice.
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January 30, 2008 3:04pm
GerryandthePM

Didn’t a scientist have to be off-loaded from a helicopter flight to the South Pole so that Peter Davis could make the trip with the Prime Minister?
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January 30, 2008 5:00pm
RRM

Probably.

And didn’t Bill Clinton waste half a day of his official visit here shooting hoops and playing golf with Burton Shipley?
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January 30, 2008 5:30pm
natural party of govt

In fact if anyone knew what the “bauble of office” really was they would know that Winston Peters was simply pledging not to accept the Speaker’s Chair.

As per Cromwell,
“Take away that fool’s bauble, the mace. “
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January 31, 2008 1:20am

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