For National

Look, would you rather be known as the party that threw out the trannie? It's not as though you can stop me attending for wearing women's clothes, though you can prevent me from joining the Press Gallery. I'd hope that Gerry is fairly enlightened and sees that it's more than fashion re: my style. - I'm not coming as a guy, so it's either Amanda's outfits or Amanda's mean liveblog from home. My suspicion is that a real liveblog from the Gallery would be kinder. It's interesting that Luxon borrowed Ardern's politics of kindness, though that's something which isn't discussed much by politicos. I think he twists it to evil ends, though, using 'kind' and 'respectful' as ways of talking over his opponents. That's my two cents. 👋 - I'm able to connect to the Internet when I have my phone, so it's possible that I could continue taking notes longhand, then type those up very quickly. It usually takes around 20 minutes to type them, and it's slower on my phone.