Helen Clark in Total Control
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 2:23 pm
Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark in Total Control
Rodney Hide Wednesday, 19
October 2005
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that Helen
Clark now has a vice-like grip on government, thanks to
Winston Peters and Peter Dunne.
"The Cabinet is 100
percent Labour - Jim Anderton is the defacto Labour MP for
Wigram.
"Over half of Helen Clark's caucus are now
Ministers.
"Helen Clark is now firmly in
charge.
"Winston Peters and Peter Dunne must vote for a
government in which they have no say.
"I'm not surprised
that Winston Peters and Peter Dunne sold out their voters -
they've done that before - what surprises me is that they
sold them out so cheaply.
"Winston Peters and Peter Dunne
are now the castrated poodles of New Zealand politics,"
concluded Rodney
Hide.
ENDS
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