The car jumper

I’d been wondering if the fuckwit who jumped up and down on John Key’s car was a Green Party activist. We now have a name, the Press reports:

A Christchurch teenager who jumped on the roof of Prime Minister John Key’s car during a protest over water issues is the son of an environmental educator for Environment Canterbury.

Luka de Spa, 17, was charged with wilful damage of Key’s Crown limousine after the incident outside The Press South Island Forum at the Isaac Theatre Royal on Wednesday.

De Spa’s father, Paul de Spa, said last night that he and his family had attended the protest but he did not want to comment on what happened.

So Paul decided to have the entire family along at the protest. This was not a case of Luka being there on his own.

But who is Paul de Spa, about from a neutral and loyal employee of Environment Canterbury?

Well he was ranked No 10 on the Green’s initial 2008 party list, before he withdrew. He would in fact be a Green MP by now if he had not withdrawn.

And he is not just a rank and file activist. He was the party’s co-convenor in 2008.

Luka himself appears to be a Green Party member, posting on their Facebook page and advocating a vote for the Green Party in 2011 just a few days ago.

So my instincts were pretty good, that the car jumper would be from the Greens.