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Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- : 'Waiter - there's a fly in my soup!' 15 November 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0019490
Description: The scene is a 'Tea rooms' and we see two tables at which sit patrons. At the first table sits a man who complains 'Waiter - there's a fly in my soup!' and at the second table sit two men having a cup of tea; one of them calls 'Waiter - there's a radio microphone in my cuppa tea!' Context: On the eve of the November elections, as a publicity stunt, Prime Minister John Key had a cup of tea in a cafe with John Banks, the ACT candidate for Epsom. The media were invited for filming but someone recorded the conversation which the PM refuses to allow to be made public, thus fuelling speculation about what they discussed. Film showed a small black bag lying on the table; it contained a microphone but apparently neither politician noticed it. The plot thickens... Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).