Too Funny

Credit where credit is due, and Labour's Botany Candidate has come up with a very amusing press release:

Labour Honoured To Receive National Party Endorsement

I acknowledge and accept the endorsement of the National candidate for Botany, Pansy Wong, who yesterday in an attack on the Act Party, said that Botany does not want “more Chinese MPs” to represent them.

As she is highly placed on the National Party list and is therefore assured of a seat in Parliament, she is clearly not wanting Act to receive the electorate vote and is quite happy to be the List MP for Botany. The lack of trust displayed between the parties of the right, is matched only by the lack of trust that the electorate has of National’s leadership and policies.

One can only assume National is giving their support to me as the Labour candidate to represent the Botany electorate effectively, and obviously means that Pansy Wong trusts me and the Labour Party.

I am heartened to receive the support and endorsement of the National Party in this close fought election Campaign

Koro Tawa
Labour Candidate
Botany Electorate

The irony is that Kenneth Wang never said anything about more Asian MPs.  The Herald's Lincoln Tan misquoted him.

Koro is a worthy opponent, but stands no chance of winning Botany, which is largely middle class families and homeowners hostile to Labour.  Our message to the dwindling number of Labour voters in Botany is that they are welcome to party vote Labour if they wish to support the current government, but if they want a $10k tax-free threshold on their income, if they want the anti-smacking legislation repealed, if they want community-based policing and three-strikes-and-the-max sentencing, if they want to get rid of the ETS, then only Kenneth Wang will deliver that for Botany.