Gilmore Aaron: General Debate 
Gilmore Aaron: General Debate 
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AARON GILMORE (National) 
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 The Labour Party leadership at the moment reminds me a little of that old show  
Dad’s Army 
 with Phil Goff running around like Captain Mainwaring saying: “Don’t panic don’t panic! Everybody has undying loyalty towards me.” We can almost hear the sucking sound of the votes and the money disappearing from the Labour Party as a result. 
Meanwhile the Labour caucus is in fairyland as in that old fairy tale Snow White. We all remember the tale. There was a wicked stepmother. In this case it is Mr Cunliffe who stands in front of his magic mirror saying: “Mirror mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all?”. What does the mirror say? It says: “It is you Mr Cunliffe for you are the prince and the future of the party.” Mr Cunliffe smiles and he sits there with his seven secret dwarfs and his secret illuminati of Dyson Cosgrove and Parker who long ago formed a secret pact. We all know who “Dopey” “Grumpy” and “Sleepy” are obviously. 
Meanwhile we have Stuart “Mangrove” Nash a starter for “Bashful” if ever I saw one. At least that is what every female member of the Napier population tells me. Darren Hughes is known as “Happy” simply because he knows Mr Cunliffe will get rid of Mr Mallard and give him the position of shadow Leader of the House making sure he has the ability to do his job properly in silence. Over to the left we have “Mr Sneezy Hipkins” the man who loves Mr Cunliffe as he wants him to keep his seat but clearly Mr Goff does not want him to keep his seat. Mr Hipkins even put in his own personal blog that he would be surprised if the Labour Party ever caught the National Party in future. Then there is “Mr Doc” Grant Robertson “Mr I Don’t Worry About a Thing Robertson” who said: “I know how to do a coup because Helen Clark taught me but I do suffer a bit from premature excitement and I’m not very good at attending barbeques but can I be in the team anyway?”. 
What a collection of misshapen misguided and mistaken individuals. But “Hi ho hi ho it is off to caucus they go.” Every week they are knocked into shape and they tell Mr Goff not to worry because they are behind him—almost 100 percent sharpening their axes. Meanwhile like a forlorn lost child in the woods a little man waits and only yesterday Mr Cunliffe stood up after Mr Nash had brought him the mirror and said: “Mirror mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all?”. What did the mirror say? “You Mr Cunliffe are truly fair but there is another star rising in the north over there.” Mr Cunliffe screamed “Who’s that?” like a jilted lover at the mirror. 
“It is Shane Jones.” whispered the mirror. Yes it is my fellow front-row player on the Parliamentary Rugby Team the Hon Shane Jones the silver-tongued fox with the wit to match. It is just a shame that Labour has not worked that out yet and woken from its slumber. Labour does not recognise his massive talents. What a stroke of genius it was for Mr Jones to put forward the nationhood speech to get rid of the dark prince of the Labour Party and bring in the silver-tongued fox from the north. What wonderful genius that was! 
On this side of the House we care about what is important. We care about delivering the things people care about. That is why the people voted on 8 November last year for a John Key - led National Government. That is why today Labour is floundering and the people of New Zealand are flocking in droves to our side. Labour members are out of touch and out of reality. Soon Mr Goff will be out of a job and we can all live happily ever after.