Young Politician | Issue 03

Young Politician | Issue 03

Anna Goble of the National Party

Liam Kernaghan was supposed to write this, but being distracted by pipe band and dancing Shetland ponies, he was too busy to meet the deadline. As his “trigger-happy puppy dog,” I get to deliver the first political sharn of 2014 – which is, ironically, the Year of the Horse.

Our flat jumped on the Tinder scene a bit late in the game. One flatmate had a date with a British surgeon, one flatmate received two dreadlocks as souvenirs, and I got “are you Judith Collins’ daughter” and “omg you look like Judith Collins” a few times over. Who would have thought my fave pink suit-laden Cabinet Minister would be my doppelganger? And who would have thought Otago Tinder-ers would be aware of her existence?! Naturally, it’s always a swipe right for me if a mutual interest is “John Key,” and definitely a swipe left if their profile picture is with a gun and some dead animal slung over a shoulder, or if it’s someone posing with a tiger – what’s with that DP trend?! But noticing myself swipe right on so many JK loving individuals just within a 100km radius, between 20-25 and male, is bloody exciting; it truly shows that people are in fact taking an interest in election year … and that they’re a “Key person.” Or, they might just really like the influx of JK selfies and derp faces. Either way, I’m still waiting for my Tinderella love story.
This article first appeared in Issue 3, 2014.
Posted 4:35pm Sunday 9th March 2014 by Staff Reporter.