Warming Up for the General Election
In New Zealand politics, in election year, the Internet Party and the Mana party have formed an alliance. The Internet party was established by Tim Dotcom (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom ) who is a wanted man in the United States and currently fighting extradition from New Zealand.
Pam Corkery has just been appointed as press secretary to new Internet Party leader, Laila Harre.
Pam is a former Left-wing radio talkback host and one time Member of Parliament (MP), a position she reputedly left in disillusionment in 1999.
I encountered Pam one day at the Parliament end of Lambton Quay, in the nation’s capital, when she was still a MP and I was a state employee working for the Head Office of the Department of Conservation. I just happened to be waiting behind her to use an ATM machine.
After she completed her transaction, and continued along the sidewalk, I found that she had left her ATM card in the slot. I was about to call out to her when she must have remembered the card and turned back. Her cheeks were almost as red as her hair.
That’s why I found news of her career change an interesting political snippet. It’s not every day that you meet a MP in the street.
Pam Corkery has just been appointed as press secretary to new Internet Party leader, Laila Harre.
Pam is a former Left-wing radio talkback host and one time Member of Parliament (MP), a position she reputedly left in disillusionment in 1999.
I encountered Pam one day at the Parliament end of Lambton Quay, in the nation’s capital, when she was still a MP and I was a state employee working for the Head Office of the Department of Conservation. I just happened to be waiting behind her to use an ATM machine.
After she completed her transaction, and continued along the sidewalk, I found that she had left her ATM card in the slot. I was about to call out to her when she must have remembered the card and turned back. Her cheeks were almost as red as her hair.
That’s why I found news of her career change an interesting political snippet. It’s not every day that you meet a MP in the street.
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