✕
INDEPENDENT NEWS

bFM: Selwyn & Jon - Key's Elitist Strategy & Goff's Blunder

By: Scoop Audio
Published: Thu 4 Aug 2011 01:53 PM
95bFM Audio: Selwyn Manning & Jon – John Key's Elitist Move & Phil Goff's Strategic Blunder
95bFM Audio:
Click a link to play audio (or right-click to download) in either
MP3 format or in OGG format.
OPINION: Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Jonathan discuss how National leader and Prime Minister John Key has refused to commit to an election campaign political party leaders' debate organised by 3News.
Key says he will only debate Labour leader Phil Goff and not the leaders of smaller parties. Goff says ok, if Key wont front up he wont either.
But hang on, hasn't Phil Goff missed an opportunity here? Should he as leader of the opposition insist Key take part in an election debate with other Parliamentary leaders, and insist to refuse is elitist and anti-democratic?
Is this a significant strategic blunder by both the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition?
Click here to visit 95bFM
*******
Scoop's Audio and Video Podcast Feed


http://www.scoop.co.nz/feeds/podcast/index.rss
Copy this url & paste it into your podcast software's 'subscribe to podcast' field (usually within the advanced menu)
ENDS
Scoop Audio
Scoop Independent News
Scoop is NZ's largest independent news source; respected widely in media, political, business and academic circles for being the place on the internet for publishing "what was really said", and for the quality of its analysis of issues.

Next in Comment

Dunne's Weekly: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly
By: Peter Dunne
The Prime Minister may have flashed his butcher’s knife and laid down Ministers Lee and Simmonds for his life this week, but the wider context strongly suggests that he, like other New Zealand Prime Ministers before him, still has some way to ...
Warring Against Encryption: Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
By: Binoy Kampmark
Those at X, and its executive, Elon Musk, begged to differ, choosing to restrict general access to the graphic details of the video in Australia alone. Those outside Australia, and those with a virtual private network (VPN), would be able to access ...
On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban
By: Gordon Campbell
Feel worried. Shane Jones and a couple of his Cabinet colleagues are about to be granted the power to override any and all objections to projects like dams, mines, roads etc even if: said projects will harm biodiversity, increase global warming ...
Censorship Wars: Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners And Violent Content
By: Binoy Kampmark
Platforms such as Meta and X engage in their own forms of censorship and information curation, their agenda algorithmically driven towards noise, shock and indignation. All the time, they continue to indulge in surveillance capitalism.
On The Public Sector Carnage, And Misogyny As Terrorism
By: Gordon Campbell
Public service cuts are being enacted without the coalition government having a clue (or visible concern) about what the impact will be. The prior promise to go through this stuff “ line by line” has gone out the window.
NATO’s Never-ending War: The 75-Year-Old Bully Is Faltering
By: Ramzy Baroud
It is time for NATO to re-examine its 75-year-old legacy, and be courageous enough to change directions altogether - instead of opting for a state of non-peace, actually seeking real peace.
View as: DESKTOP | MOBILE
Scoop Contact About Services Newsagent Login
Connect Submit News Social Media Scoop Network
Ethical Paywall Accredited Orgs. Licensing Terms of Use
© Scoop Media