> NZ First is one party seriously on the skids. The leader, 
> Winston "Dapper" Peters lost his electorate seat after many 
> many years as an MP and then, like a little litigious kid, 
> sued the winner. And lost again. Despite that, he is NZ's 
> Foreign Minister because, holding the balance of power at the 
> last election, he did a deal with the Labour Party. And yet 
> he was effectively thrown out of office by his electorate. 
> But his party got over the 5%, he was top of the list => he 
> gets a seat in Parliament. So, try as you may, you just can't 
> rid of some buggers


That's hilarious.

You give a bloke whose party policy is 'foreigners go home' the job of
Foreign Minister.

Someone has a rather black sense of humour.

Tony

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