The great debate
Last night’s debate was hilarious. All six speakers were very funny, and in the best tradition of celebrity debates, many cutting lines were uttered. $3,000 was raised by the press gallery for the Red Cross.
The teams were MPs – Darren Hughes, Annette King and Simon Bridges against Pinky Agnew, Guyon Espiner and David Townsend. Darren Hughes does wonderful impersonations of Jim Bolger and Trevor Mallard – seriously good. Pinky Agnew also produced some wonderful poetry.
Some of the lines from the deabte included:
- Thanks to Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner for being here in their roles as co-chairs of the John Key Man Crush Association
- David Townsend is so old his IRD number is 7
- Annette King had a tryst with Gerry Brownlee and she said it was like having a wardrobe fall on you with the key sticking out
- Annette and Phil have been in Parliament for 30 years – around the same length of time as Hosni Muburak
- Barry Soper couldn’t make it tonight as he is at the Justin Bieber concert in Sydney looking for his next wife
- Kris Faafoi remembers delivering the first Evening Post on Porirua in 1860
- Is anyone else alarmed that Nick Smith strolls past an all girls school every day in his togs
- A lot has been said about Hilary Calvert. All I will say is you are what you eat, and she eats fruit and nuts
- National made Winston Treasurer, and he thought the current account was his electricity bill
- Darren Hughes is Shane Jones right hand man
- What would Phil Goff say if he was alive today
As I said, it was a great night, and the debate was superb. I’d encourage the gallery to make them semi-regular – perhaps every six months to raise money for a good cause.