Barry Soper: Mike Hosking, you can t have it both ways in Jacinda Ardern clash
7 Apr, 2021 06:09 AM
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Mike Hosking on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: Newstalk ZB host says I don t want her back on show. Video / Newstalk ZB
Mike Hosking on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: Newstalk ZB host says I don t want her back on show. Video / Newstalk ZB
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Politics is a frustrating business; rarely do you get answers out of the participants that truly satisfy.
For those of us who ve been involved in trying to extract information out of them since Robert Muldoon, it shouldn t stop you from trying though - on the odd occasion you ll strike the jackpot.
Barry Soper: Mike Hosking can t have it both ways in Jacinda Ardern clash
(Photo / NZ Herald) Wed, 7 Apr 2021, 6:37PM
Politics is a frustrating business; rarely do you get answers out of the participants that truly satisfy.
For those of us who ve been involved in trying to extract information out of them since Robert Muldoon, it shouldn t stop you from trying though - on the odd occasion you ll strike the jackpot.
That s what makes the exchange between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Newstalk ZB Breakfast host Mike Hosking so baffling.
Having pulled out of her regular slot on the Hosking show several weeks ago, it was no surprise that she deigned to appear on it for a one-off this week - it was good news, the trans-Tasman bubble is about to be inflated.
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Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison last year, before what the New Zealand prime minister called ‘’an abdication of Australia’s responsibility’’. (file photo) Our always-nice Jacinda called this “an abdication of Australia’s responsibility”, but ScoMo said he was responsible for the security of Australia and his people wanted it that way. Translation: “What you want is irrelevant, New Zealand, just thought I’d remind you of that.” Her reported ‘’fury’’ achieved nothing. The trouble with being “friends” with Australia is that it is always on their terms. Compromise, co-operation, and concord are not words in the dictionary of any Australian politician and it has long been that way.