Kia ora,
A: When he’s talking to a blogger…
This has come as a shock to me but what do I know?
Silly me, I thought that once you were sworn in as Prime Minister by the Governor-General, that meant you were the Prime Minister. I was wrong and I have to thank John Key for enlightening me.
Apparently you can switch from being Prime Minister depending on whom you’re talking to. Like if he’s talking to a journalist or a TV reporter, he’s the Prime Minister, but if he’s talking to Cameron Slater he magically chucks off the mantle and becomes ordinary old anonymous John Key?
It’s a little bewildering. Do he and Cam discuss pizza perhaps? Okay not to be Prime Minister when you discuss pizza. Leaving aside why he would talk to a blogger about pizza and not a pizza place, I guess I can understand he’s not Prime Minister then. Bit of a stretch but I could make myself imagine it.
What else? Maybe he talks to Cam about the weather? The latest movie? Their preferences in T-shirts? How their broad beans are doing?
Or maybe just say, ‘Hi, I’m not ringing you as the Prime Minister but I thought you might be interested in some stuff being held under the Information Act. I’m not talking as Prime Minister but if you ask them to send it today they probably will. Oh and did you hear about that crash on the West Coast?’
It’s a puzzle – I think I’ll go and have a lie down…see if that helps
