the exception of the Prime Minister, Nanny - er, sorry, I mean HELEN Clark

Interesting. While she may be from the party that gave us the Nanny state, she seems to me to talk less like a nanny than Jenny. Isn't it intriguing how, with a few rare exceptions like Simon Upton, the varying degrees of sinistrality in NZ politics seem to score the sharpest minds? I'm sure Geoffrey Palmer and Al Gore would get on famously, without having to worry about personalities getting in the way.