David Seymour

2022 - 12 - 13

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'Such an arrogant prick' - PM Jacinda Ardern lashes out at Act leader ... (New Zealand Herald)

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called Act Party leader David Seymour an “arrogant prick” as she took her seat in Parliament this afternoon, ...

At the end of the day, it’s not the end of the world.” Seymour did not hear the remark himself. “She couldn’t answer the question which is probably why she was a bit flustered...the great irony is now I actually have got her to apologise for something. I just wish she’d apologise for a few other things.” It was only after the Herald picked up on the comments and asked Seymour to comment on them that Seymour raised a point of order in the House, noting that Ardern had made an “exceedingly unparliamentary remark”. I just said, thank you and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls ACT leader David Seymour an ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologised after she was caught making the comment by a Parliament TV microphone.

They work for you, not the parties or people in power. Whatever your politics, we can all agree: New Zealand is better off when Kiwis are well-informed. He said he would check Hansard, the official transcription of Parliament, to see what the comment was. “Jacinda Ardern text me and said, ‘I apologise. *

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Jacinda Ardern calls David Seymour an 'arrogant prick' in Parliament (1 News)

The Prime Minister later apologised to the ACT Party leader for the comment.

Seymour later asked Speaker Adrian Rurawhe to tell Ardern to withdraw her comment and apologise. As Ardern sat back down in her seat after answering the question, the microphone on her desk picked up her comments - seemingly about Seymour - to seat mate Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson: "Such an arrogant prick." Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has labelled David Seymour an "arrogant prick" after fielding a series of questions from the ACT leader in Parliament.

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Jacinda Ardern apologises after being caught calling David ... (Newshub)

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has apologised to ACT leader David Seymour for calling him an "arrogant prick" in Parliament.

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Ardern apologises after calling Seymour 'arrogant prick' in Parliament (RNZ)

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has apologised to ACT Leader David Seymour for calling him an "arrogant prick" during question time this afternoon.

I agree with the sentiment and it's all good as far as I'm concerned," he said. but I stand by the work that we've done as a government over this last year and over this past term. Kelvin Davis was not so worried about the comment: "A lot of things get said in the House and I'm sure a lot worse by them, so I don't think they should be pointing fingers. As she sat again and the Speaker announced the next question, Ardern could be heard saying "he's such an arrogant prick". "We've openly said that, for instance, managed isolation and quarantine was something that was very difficult at the time and that there were people affected by it and that we would do things differently if we were ever confronted with that again ... "Can the prime minister give an example of her making a mistake, apologising for it properly, and fixing it?"

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