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Speaker 1: What an incredible week. What's with all these sackings and

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Speaker 1: surprise resignations? Phil Goff? Yesterday, Adrian Or the day before

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Speaker 1: Richard Prebble did a runner from the gravy train of

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Speaker 1: the White Tonguey Tribunal. Greg Foran calls it a day

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Speaker 1: at their New Zealand after five years. So one of

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Speaker 1: these guys had changed forced on them. The other three

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Speaker 1: just packed up and left, with varying degrees of notice.

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Speaker 1: Some seem to be a little angry. I think all

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Speaker 1: of them are relieved, and they all have one thing

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Speaker 1: in common. They are over sixty. You don't screw with

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Speaker 1: successful over sixties, which they all are, because over sixties

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Speaker 1: who are successful have discovered a super power. They don't

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Speaker 1: give a flying fig. They're financially settled, they know their

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Speaker 1: own mind, and they can afford to stand on their principles.

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Speaker 1: So Phil Goff, Phil Goff will not mind being held

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Speaker 1: to account for what he said, because he believes what

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Speaker 1: he said. He just spoke his heart. He may be

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Speaker 1: regretful that is entertaining job in London has gone, but

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Speaker 1: he'll just come back to the farm in Cleveden and

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Speaker 1: he'll start making some real money. He'll do some consultancy.

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Speaker 1: He'll cash in on his fame, cash in both his

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Speaker 1: prime ministerial and mayoral superannuation. He's fine. When things start

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Speaker 1: getting all hot and sticky in their jobs, over sixties

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Speaker 1: can instantly switch to who needs this crap? And they

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Speaker 1: can just walk And then they brood a little in

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Speaker 1: their batch or on a cruise ship with a nice

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Speaker 1: dinner reservation, might treat themselves to a new car. And

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Speaker 1: you know, if you think the over sixties have a superpower,

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Speaker 1: it is nothing compared with the over seventies, whose superpower

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Speaker 1: is the absolute certainty in what they believe and the

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Speaker 1: total commitment to making sure that everyone knows it asks

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Speaker 1: when St Peter's for more.

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