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Greatest Hit

Our dearly beloved long-lived politician John “Banksie” Banks has resigned after a bit of a hiccup with the law. The Auckland readers of Critic will know him best, as he ruled the city with an iron fist for two separate terms (2001-2004; 2007-2010); Epsom residents will know him even better, as he was their electorate MP. In a recent legal scandal, Banks was found guilty of filing a false electoral return regarding donations from none other than Kim Dotcom. While he has not been convicted (and won’t be until later in the year), the pressure to resign came from all sides. Why is this deserving of Greatest Hit? Well, his actions were certainly shit worthy – but given his resignation, he’s free to return to his radio show Breakfast with Banksie. Gosh, I can’t wait.

Greatest Shit

There is essentially one thing you have to do to form an OUSA club – get ten members to join. Unfortunately for the proposed Internet Party on Campus, in a meeting during the last week of May they only managed to get five. This led to the Dunedin “Internet Party Meet-up Captain” sending around an awkward message to those who clicked “attending” on the Facebook event, asking them to come along next time. Unfortunately for the Captain, a number of young politicians from other parties “attended” only to get the updates, not because they truly believe in the power of torrenting. I do wonder if the Internet Party’s inability to reach the OUSA member minimum is a mystical piece of foreshadowing?