Losing the powers of government is like being publicly castrated, says the ousted deputy prime minister.
Oh, poor Mikey. But the vitriol is still there:
"Failure to address the underlying causes of the current crisis will mean the next one will be even worse," he writes in the Listener.
His warning comes after John Key returned from his Hawaiian holiday to promise immediate infrastructure spending and support for small businesses.
But Cullen says it may be too little, too late - unless Key is willing to replace a "a toxic mix of greed, dishonesty and misplaced intelligence" with a nationwide focus on sustainability and justice.
If the new National Government does that, he says, then "it will deserve widespread support".
"A toxic mix of greed, dishonesty and misplaced intelligence" - are we here at Keeping Stock the only ones who think that Labour is having some difficulty in coming to terms with their electoral annihilation?
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Unless I'm very much mistaken, the National government has already replaced "a toxic mix of greed, dishonesty and misplaced intelligence" simply by being elected to power...
George - I couldn't have put it better myself - well done Sir!!
Hear Hear!!! RG.
I tell you, next time I see him at Hastings Golf Club, I am going to whack him with my two iron.
Not really - but my god it is tempting.
The sooner he moves up country as rumoured, the better.
"misplaced intelligence"
^ Cullen has some cheek to say this about our newly elected Prime Minister.
Isn't Cullen suppose to go quietly into the night?
Funnily enough "misplaced intelligence" is exactly how I'd describe a certain history teacher who was Minister of Finance.
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