IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW: The Ruminations of Robert Winter
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Teapot Tapes: damp squib
Most of the contents of the TT revealed in various quarters appear to be trivial, and of interest only to political junkies of the first water. One does now wonder what the fuss was about, why they weren't simply allowed to be broadcast, and why the Police are wasting taxpayers funds on a pointless investigation. The focus is now on Mr Key's.National's wasting of police time, which could be spent better elsewhere (perhaps arresting international criminals to which the government has offered residency because they are rich)?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Then again perhaps the focus should remain on the perpetrator, Mr. Ambrose, plus the Herald, TV3 and Winston First who all used it for political purposes.
ReplyDeleteMr Ambrose apparently tried to retrieve his recorder BEFORE the converation but was prevented by the PM's own security!
DeleteIn any event PRIVATE!!! hasn't anyone tried a lipreader since the whole thing was videoed at close range through a glass window. All Key wanted was to rort the political system to give him coalition partner. But then of course he's a monetarist and normal morals are beneath them just like their teaparty pals in the USA.
Given the fact that Keys lips don't touch his teeth, kudos to the lip reader that got anything from him!
ReplyDeleteAs for the other, unless one wants to establish a precedent here and now for the use of recording devices in politics and just about everything else then I think its a good thing to test it legally. I, for one Robert, think that our politics is sleazy enough without a "Tabloid Journalism" aspect - the very aspect Garner and Gower seem to favour.