New Zealand PM apologised for comment made live on parliament television during question time
has become the latest leader to fall victim to a hot microphone, after her comment that the leader of a minor opposition party was an “arrogant prick” was picked up and broadcast on parliament television.leader of the libertarian Act party, David Seymour
Responding to the question, Ardern acknowledged that managed isolation – a key, but controversial, component of New Zealand’s Covid-19 response – had been difficult on the public, but added she stood by the work the government had done over the past term.After ending her reply, Ardern sat down next to her deputy, Grant Robertson, and quietly said “such an arrogant prick”.
Seymour later petitioned the speaker to have Ardern withdraw the remark and apologise, but Rurawhe declined because the prime minister was no longer in the house, and he had not seen if the remark was noted in Hansard.
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