Wednesday, 20 November 2013 09:27

Ego clash

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SPEAKING OF David Cunliffe, your old mate understands the new Leader of the Opposition turned down an offer to speak on the radio with Farming Show host Jamie ‘Don’t-you-know-who-I-am?’ McKay.

Typically, McKay has taken Cunliffe’s rejection to heart and whinged like a spoilt child at Christmas. The Hound suggests – seeing both men have a messiah complex – that any discussion would have fallen foul of their huge egos anyway. Farmers wanting less ego-tripping and more information do better to change stations and listen to Richard Loe’s On the Field radio show instead.

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