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Thursday, 26 October 2023 10:55

Gumboot diplomacy!

Written by  The Hound
Gumboot diplomacy!

OPINION: Your canine crusader notes that the new parliament will have a fresh array of new MPs from farming backgrounds taking up seats in the nation's capital.

The Nats have the likes of Miles Anderson, Mike Butterick, Suze Redmayne and Grant McCullum joining their ranks.

Meanwhile, ACT sees the addition of former Feds president Andrew Hoggard to their caucus and NZ First sees the return of Mark Patterson.

Many of these MPs have close ties to Federated Farmers, including the aforementioned Hoggard, Anderson and Butterick from National and NZ First's Patterson.

That should make a nice change for the farmer lobby in having a few friends and ex-colleagues in the halls of power.

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