This is very upsetting. The incident in Parliament today, where a man tried to leap from the pubic gallery into the debating chamber has revealed what looks to be very disturbing behaviour from the Prime Minister. The video here shows John Key apparently performing a throat-slitting action directed at the Labour MPs on the other side of the House. Their reaction, as you will hear if you watch the video, is one of shock and horror, it seems to me. Phil Goff's measured comment about the attempted jump and the Prime Minister's subsequent actions, the throat-slitting action and the comments he made, blaming the Labour MPs for what happened, is noteworthy. Key's eye-rolling reaction is something that people will have to interpret for themselves. I would be very interested to hear your comments on the whole incident.
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I used to like John Key.
I no longer like John Key.
I have always voted National.
I will not be voting National this time.
The TV3 video appears to have been edited - it makes no sense that the Speaker calls for order when there is silence. The InTheHouse video is more complete, though I can not make out much of what is said on it. The throat-cutting gesture is sinister, and quite unsuitable behaviour for a Prime Minister.
The TV3 video was doctored after being up for a while Armchair Critic. Most telling, in the link I have in my post, is the reactions of disgust from the Labour MPs, women especially, immediately following Key's gesture. They are guttural and genuine, in my opinion.
I find the look on Key's face as he receives the measured criticism from Phil Goff to be very disturbing.
I have always picked you as very shallow Jacqueline...confirmed...
Share your thoughts on the incident, Lofty.
That was deep Lofty.
Doctored or edited, whatever term suits, I suppose. It's not even well done. It is a real indictment on TV3, that they would do this kind of thing. Amazing what $43million buys, huh?
Oh, and I have more respect for Key after this (though this is an improvement from a very low base, and be assured I will never vote for him), at least he was showing his true colours, instead of the pretence he has had on show for the last six years.
full version here http://inthehouse.co.nz/node/11017
goff was on a mighty roll, how convenient.
Goff's handling of the whole appalling series of events was Prime Ministerial, at least in the sense that 'Prime Ministerial' used to have. The integrity of the phrase has now been corrupted.
Yes sorry Jacqueline, a case of shooting from the lip again by me.
The throat cutting gesture fits perfectly with the real John Key revealed in the Hollow Men book.
I think one has to have quite an imagination to see a "throat cutting gesture" in this at all.
Labour in in a total shambles, trying to make out that Key is the devil is hardly going to work with anyone but die hard supporters, which, quite frankly, would make them as crazy as the twit jumping over the edge.
What I did get from this video is a tirade of "scumbag" from Labour MPs, which is what most NZers will remember from this incident.
Labour loose, yet again.
Jeeze, Shunda.
Tell me, what do you attribute the clearly disgusted reaction from those Labour MPs to?
If you can, leave you anti-Labour bias aside for a moment and see if you can look dispassionately at their reactions.
What might they have seen or heard?
Something minor? The usual kind of thing from across the floor? Or something else?
Robert,the video has been selectively edited and you can't hear Key saying anything at all, the footage I saw on 3 news of the alleged throat cut could have just as easily been a collar adjustment. What would the supposed gesture have been in reference too??
Are you seriously convinced there is something more sinister going on??
There is just not conclusive proof of the story Labour is trying to tell, and quite frankly, they are not exactly the most honest bunch of people in the first place.
Shunda - your determination to blame labour and absolve Key over this issue astounds me! I wonder if you've done any background reading on this? I also urge to you look at the video, focusing on the moment the Labour MPs burst into their 'scum-bag' condemnation of Key and ask yourself, what could have happened moments before, to provoke that reaction.
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