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Monday, 10 March 2014 16:18

Loud and proud?

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THE HOUND sees that Labour’s primary industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor is now claiming that contaminated meat is leaving New Zealand processing plants, based on allegations in a Auckland’s magazine Metro.

How intriguing that O’Connor, who once famously labelled his party as being dominated by a gaggle of gays, was reading Auckland’s magazine. Perhaps he was attracted to the 20-page feature on the city’s recent month-long ‘Pride Festival’ promoting and celebrating Auckland’s gay communities. 

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