1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Well that ended up being if visit didn't it. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 2: I mean, wow, here we were, We're expecting this big 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 2: debate over the Mary Party punishments to drag on for days, 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 2: if not weeks and overshadow the budget, and the blinking 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: thing didn't even last an hour got postponed to next month. 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: What happened was actually, in retrospect, very simple and very obvious, 7 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: just to move from the government came to the government's 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: turned to talk about it up pops Chris Bishop, Leader 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: of the House says, hey, I move, it gets postponed 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: and guess what, it gets postponed because the government has 11 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: the majority in the House, so they simply voted for 12 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: that and there we go, clear air for the budget. 13 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Most relieved, I would say, would be the government because 14 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: it means, of course that they do get they do 15 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: get clear clear air for the budget on Thursday. Most 16 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: bummed out, I would imagine, would be the Marti Party, 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: who'd even gone to the effort of organizing a protest 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: on the fore court of Parliament. So basically what's happened 19 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: is we put the bed to the thing to bed 20 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: for a few weeks because of a checkmate move from 21 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: Chris Bishop. But while we've got this pause, can I 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: just make an observation, which is that it is quite 23 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: remarkable how quickly this has gone from being a thing 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 1: about the deliberate flouting of rules consistently by a party 25 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: doing it as part of a pr strategy, to being 26 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: a thing about the National led government using parliamentary process 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: to banish MPs they don't like, thereby turning us into 28 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: a quote that are in a republic. This is the 29 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: kind of reportage that I'm reading at the moment. Suspending 30 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: to party Mardi MP's threatens democracy. It is a drastic 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: step that looks, on the face of it undemocratic. Those 32 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: are two different articles. By the way, it seems to 33 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: be a theme that's emerging. But hang on a minute here, 34 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: because it is going to take me. It's going to 35 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: take a lot to convince me that this is the 36 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: case of a heavy handed government silencing innocent descent. Because 37 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: I haven't forgotten how we got here. I haven't forgotten 38 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: that the Maori Party planned to disrupt parliament that day. 39 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: They planned to disrupt it that day and then they 40 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: carried out that plan. I haven't forgotten that Debingardi were 41 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: pack appointed her fingers in the shape of a gun 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: at another MP, that the Maori Party refused to turn 43 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: up to the Privileges Committee when they were asked to 44 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: and when theyre supposed to, that the Maori Party refused 45 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: to apologize, and except they've done anything wrong, That the 46 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: Maori Party then leaked to the recommendations of the Privileges Committee, 47 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: which is against the rules, and that the Marti Party 48 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: co leaders have said that they will do this again, 49 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: most likely with the Regulatory Standards Bill. I haven't forgotten 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: any of that stuff, and it is remarkable to me 51 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: how quickly people want to turn this into a bad 52 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: government story instead of a bad opposition story story. And 53 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: it's also remarkable to me how quickly people have forgotten 54 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: what this party did to end up here today. For 55 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to News 56 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the 57 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.