(25-11-2021, 02:15 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: The reason I sported Collins for leader back when, was because I hoped she could destroy the party.Bloody hell - I hope not. While I have some respect for David Seymour for getting the end of life bill across the line, I just don't trust him, & seriously dislike the ACT party.
I doubt Luxton can put Humpty back together again. This could be the Rise of ACT.
They're still too steeped in right wing Neo Liberalism & could do some damage if voted into power; I think this country has had more than enough of it over the past decades.
(25-11-2021, 02:55 PM)Olive Wrote:I remember it being used back when Jenny Shipley waited until PM Jim Bolger was out of NZ before knifing him in the back & grabbing the top spot.(25-11-2021, 02:40 PM)Bracken Wrote: Just curious: when and where did the expression "rolled" come about - meaning "deposed", "dismissed", or "demoted" I presume - ?Rolled more commonly means robbed, but I think its political meaning has evolved to mean "shoved aside so abruptly as to fall and roll over and over"
Have never seen it before this day.
'Rolled' probably sounds better than treacherous git grabbed top job.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)