Cunliffe David: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCunliffe David: General Debate[Sitting date: 13 November 2013. Volume:694;Page:14629. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE (Leader of the Opposition): I moveThat the House take note of miscellaneous business. We had some discussion about referenda in question time and it is pretty important to note that the Prime Minister who obviously is not very impassioned about this topic had a couple of brain fades. The smacking referendum was held in 2009 and the result was ignored by his Government. He struck the deal with Helen Clark that resulted in the anti-smacking bill being passed and he and the entire National caucus voted for it. A march against John Key’s decision to ignore the referendum was sponsored to the tune of $450000 by guess who. “Crazy Colin Craig”—“Crazy Colin Craig”. That has become deliciously ironic because now 4 years later “Desperate and Dateless John Key” is turning back to the very same “Crazy Colin Craig”.Kris Faafoi: He’s Nigel-no-mates.Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE: Nigel-no-mates he is. John Banks is in court Peter Dunne is in limbo Pita and Tariana are on life support and John Key will do a deal with whomever he can to hang on in power even if it is “Crazy Colin Craig” the Sarah Palin of New Zealand politics.In fact in September 2012 Colin Craig sent 20000 leaflets to Helensville residents telling them that John Key was—wait for it—“too gay” to be their MP. Why wouldJohn Key want to go into partnership shall we say with somebody who thought that that was an insult?Iain Lees-Galloway: It’s an uncivil union.Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE: Exactly—an uncivil union. Bill English said that he did not understand what Mr Craig’s economic policy was. Well we have researched this and we can tell you that Colin Craig is a supporter of—and it is the only sensible thing he has ever said—a capital gains tax. Colin Craig wants a capital gains tax. He also wants a binding referendum. So if John Key wants to do a date with “Crazy Colin Craig” let us make the asset sales referendum binding shall we? Let us make the asset sales referendum binding.Mr Craig has some very interesting views. He has got an environmental policy all right. He thinks climate change is caused by sunspots and the circulation of the planets—sunspots and the circulation of the planets. It would be funny if it were not for his views on social policy. Here we go. Following a series of items about child poverty on current affairs shows Mr Craig said that children sent to school without lunch should go without and instead their “delinquent” parents should be charged the “cost of rectifying their bad behaviour”.Sue Moroney: That’ll work.Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE: That will work. He has views on social policy which is very topical. Mr Craig of course thinks that New Zealand has the most promiscuous young women in the world. So John Key has got his work cut—Hon Annette King: How does he know?Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE: How does he know? How does he know?Poor Peter Dunne. Imagine how Peter Dunne feels being passed over for “Crazy Colin Craig”.Sue Moroney: He’ll go away.Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE: Exactly. Imagine how bad he feels. As if John Banks was not enough. John Banks is in court facing terrible retribution and probably being thrown out of Parliament and he is going to be reinstated by John Key but Peter Dunne is not. Strike one—strike one. Now John Key wants to go on a date with “Crazy Colin Craig”—strike two. What has Peter Dunne got to do to worm his way back into John Key’s good books? It is very very hard to imagine.Of course the result of this shambles is that Nats are jumping off the sinking ship. In fact “like Nats off a sinking ship” has become a little bit of a phrase around here. Chris Tremain—hundreds of real estate signs in Napier showcase his name but even that could not save him. We like you mate; sorry you are going. But it is a stampede. Chris Auchinvole lost the Coast now he is a list MP and now he is gone. Phil Heatley paid for the wine with his ministerial job. Paul Hutchison—one can only wonder “whay”. Cam Calder—one can only wonder who. Kate Wilkinson—apparently she is going to run in Christchurch East. Oh no that was Mr Doocey—