Dr Throttling

And, unlike Mark Mitchell, you couldn’t have a beer with him because they wouldn’t let him into the pub.

That is an absolute dead cert. He has fuck all interest in serving the people of his electorate.

And I’m so sorry you had to suffer not only the SA but also the abuse afterwards, Julie. Your strength and sheer stubborn determination is an inspiration to all victims (even us blokes). And BTW, Aotearoa New Zealand is lovely for a break. Keep being awesome.

2/2 My maths teacher and my rowing coach are now going 25 years and will die in prison but it took Jimmy Savile’s death and an unprecedented uproar in the UK to make victims feel they could come forward. The blanket thrown over the abusers in those files infuriates me beyond measure.

Not one or two but 17(?!?) of the teachers at me very prestigious and expensive Public (meaning private - it’s complicated) School in the UK were investigated years after the event. None of us spoke out at the time because it was systematic, organised and none of us would’ve been believed. 1/2

Any politician that claims his ‘entire team is behind him’ is unaware they are all carrying daggers.

Fair, but it would mean you'd have to be in the same room as him when you hand it over...

It’ll definitely get worse. The full effect of his Iran faceplant isn’t even fully priced in to those polls. I’m here for it too - popcorn time!

According to Andrea Vance, Mark Mitchell is "the surf lifesaver dad you can have a beer with". I'd rather piss in my own beer and drink it than have one with him.

Popular because she can actually string a sentence together when she's asked a question that hasn't got the answer written down on her cheat sheet (unlike her hapless leader).

Winston, being a crafty old bugger, would definitely NOT help them keep it all together. He's just waiting to pounce and bring the Govt down so he can look like AoNZ's hero and bump his numbers leading into an election.

Fully complete up here in Northland

These are gorgeous but sadly the shipping to NZ is brutal!

Oh, I totally agree but, at the same time, Peters is a master at cobbling together a diverse coalition of angry segments that will get him over the threshold.

Haha! I was a massive cricket fan growing up in London. Baseball ended up having the perfect three act structure for me (plus, in NZ I didn't have to talk about it with sports bores in the pub as they were busy moaning own about rugby)

I visited Chicago in 1988 and, on my first day, someone took me to Wrigley Field. Baseball, for me, was love at first sight. Turns out that NZ as a timezone is almost perfect for a fan too (well, a self-employed, procrastinating fan at any rate)

Haha! I was kind of thrilled that, not only was there a Kiwi baseball fan, but a Len Kasper fan too! Pity you fell for the Southside team that's all!

He's desperate for attention - that's how...

Our only hope would be Winston pulling the plug but he'd only do it if it was the perfect time for him and his 'heroics' would guarantee him 15%. Not sure how you feel about that scenario but relying on Winston makes me feel pretty nauseous

I miss having Len Kasper in the booth with JD calling Cubs games. Great chemistry. But totally get his desire to get into the radio booth so he could call postseason games too. Get your guys to pull their Sox up for him!

New Zealand mentioned!!

Strong name too.

I suspect they’re more worried about annoying some voters or having whatever message they wanted to get out to be overshadowed but it’s that utter timidity which lost them their huge majority in the first place.

The largest group of overstayers are still from the UK.

K Rd here - the vast majority were also 'brought up' in State care with all the abuse and disfunction that came bundled into the experience. The 'system' has let them down and abused them from the very start.

Move on to where exactly?

He forgot to add - Must be made from washable materials.

It was never going to be but I got bated into it because I haven't had breakfast yet.

The sheer faux naivety about that headline! It's done its job though because I've already read the article.

That whole ‘joking about them not putting us on their maps’ thing has suddenly become our only hope.