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FULL COVERAGE: Don Brash & The Excl. Brethren

Monday, 12 September 2005, 2:25 pm
Article: The Scoop Editor

FULL COVERAGE: Don Brash & The Excl. Brethren

Letter From Elsewhere: The Brethren Problem - If you're reading this, you will certainly know by now that the Exclusive Brethren are running a hugely expensive anti-Green, anti-Labour, pro-National-in-everything-but-name leaflet smear campaign, which Don Brash has now belatedly admitted he knew about and enthusiastically welcomed. Two more leaflets are being delivered this week. See... Brash and the Brethren: The Real Problem
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	TVNZ LINK: DON BRASH APPEARS ON CLOSEUP RADIOLIVE AUDIO: BRASH DENIES LYING + CHRIS TROTTER ON POLITICAL FALLOUT"I Knew They Were Going To Issue Some Pamphlets Attacking The Government" - Don Brash Listen to clip - Download(81k) - This morning, when interviewed by Noelle McCarthy on Auckland's BFM, National Leader Dr Don Brash confirmed that he had met with the Exclusive Brethren who are behind an anti-Labour and anti-Green Party campaign. The leaflet campaign, which is already estimated to have cost half a million dollars, is expected to continue next week. Dr Brash: "I knew they were going to issue some pamphlets attacking the Government. And I said 'that's tremendous - I'm delighted about that because the Government is lousy and should be changed.'" See… Dr Brash Confirms Knowledge Of Pamphlets. See also…. NEWSFLASH Confusion Over Pamphlet Policy In National Party - Did Don Brash Lie To His Deputy Leader, OR Didn't Gerry Brownlee Ask Him? ALSO: National - Labour Wrong On Brethren Claims Scoop - TRANSCRIPT: 95bFM Noelle McCarthy IV with Dr Brash Alastair Thompson on 95bFM - (Talks about National leader Don Brash admitting he knew Brethren were planning a pamphlet drop.) 95bFM - Brash On 95bFM Breakfast (text) 95bFM - Noelle McCarthy & Brash - Full interview (m3u) Scoop - Satire: Suggested Excuses For The Use Of Dr Brash Nats - Look Left For Conspiracies Greens - National lies to Kiwis about Brethren links Labour - Brash caught lying over Brethren pamphlets PPTA - Desperate attempt to divert attention

BFM Callers Say Exclusive Brethren Building Nats Billboards - Russell Brown Writes: I don't normally post twice in a day, but I've just had two callers to my 95bFM show - one a workmate, the other an estranged family member - emphatically inform me that members of the Exclusive Brethren have been putting up National Party billboards ... See... Hard News 7/9/05: This just in ... and Public Address 07/09/05 - What A Cult!
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