Peters Winston: General Debate 
Peters Winston: General Debate 
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Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) 
: 
 I move  
That the House take note of miscellaneous business 
. People ask me and they have asked me for some time why it is that I have vigorously opposed the covert agenda of Don Brash and some of his colleagues. Well the answer to that question is becoming clearer by the day. We recognise something in Don Brash that few others would have or could have. Some of us were in the National Party in the late 1980s and early 1900s when Ruth Richardson and a covert group of extreme neo-liberals sought to undermine all that was once good about the National Party. 
The puppet masters driven by a rabid and heartless scorched earth economic philosophy ravaged this great country by exporting the radical policies of privatisation and massive sell-offs. We all lived through this and some of us made a principled stand back then—and we left. We are making a principled stand again now. They are sad about that. 
Hon Maurice Williamson 
: You got sacked. 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: I was the only real leader that National ever had. Does National realise that? It is obvious. That is why those members are sitting over there with their noses pressed against the window of power. They will do so for a long long time—that is until they change their ways. 
We saw in Don Brash in 2003 a devout disciple of the far-right agenda and a man whom the puppet masters could again manipulate into their subversive agenda. We went through as a party the ignominy of them pilfering our policies in utter ignorance and never being able to explain them when asked on TV what did it mean and what was it all about. We along with others have had to endure National’s smug attitude and the frenzy surrounding the election spending imbroglio. Talk about being hoist with their own petard—pay back the GST. It is as clear as daylight—pay the GST. [ 
Interruption 
] Oh no we have the money to pay. We just want to know whether it is lawful and we are going to find out. 
We have had to watch the most unbelievable obsession of the media over the false prophet of Orewa inflicting rank and division upon an unsuspecting nation. 
Judith Collins 
: Aw! 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: Judith Collins says “Aw!”. Of course she says “Aw!”. She is one of them. The first thing she did was stab a good lawyer in the back—out at Clevedon. That is typical of that sort. She went behind his back conspired against a sitting member and it shows. That is why she is not really popular in National. 
David Bennett 
: She is. You’re not. 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: Oh no she is not. I can see the looks in the eyes on the second row and the third row. They think she is a bit of a lightweight. They do and they are right. But there are some good people in the parliamentary National Party— 
Hon Dr Michael Cullen 
: Name two. 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: There are at least six. We know that and they are the ones who helped to write a book. Because what we had here was covert activity with big business with the Exclusive Brethren and we had outright deception day after day in the media. They have been found out. 
Judith Collins 
: Tell us more about Bob Clarkson who beat you. 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: The member should not make a lot of noise like that. It does not help her cause. I do not why she is asking about taking a beating because obviously there is not one present apart from herself. And it shows. There is a constant cackle from members opposite because they are embarrassed by the fact that soon a book will come out to show the public what they are all about. 
I know the National Party. I know there are members out there making cakes walking up and down the village streets and hamlets of this country and knocking on doors trying to sell the blue flag. But when the book comes out they will know that all that work all their going to conferences all the remits were utterly for nothing. Because the National Party is up for hire. The National Party has been bought. 
David Bennett 
: You took all the baubles of power. 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: Does he know what a bauble is? A bauble is a trinket not worth having. What on earth is he talking about? A bauble for the benefit of that illiterate fellow from Hamilton is a trinket not worth having. What on earth are the media talking about? It is high time someone got the dictionary out and tried to understand what words mean. Because words are important in the game of politics.