This is a selection of interesting and insightful tweets responding to breaking news about Laila Harre being the new Internet Party Leader. As usual, the most recent tweets are first. Will be updated.
This is going to be awesome!
Was wondering about Harre's appeal to digital yoof, but her pledge to wipe student fees makes it pretty obvious
Laila Harré looking vaguely like Claire Underwood.
Bit disappointed Laila H didn't appear wearing a black jersey with a zip.
Harre's new look: pic.twitter.com/B5LAzNBOtF
Laila Harre (new Commander Captain of the Internet Party Enterprise):pic.twitter.com/mRHN2jgPSd
@bryce_edwards There's a joke about another planet in there somewhere.
Kim Baker Wilson @kimbakerwilson
Harre says they're going to change the government. Dotcom smiles the most I've seen him ever smile.
The Internet party just worked Nelson Mandela into their speech. God have mercy.
The internet party knows what the internet generation is into... flowers and ballons!pic.twitter.com/1DVhtR4DRV
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
Laila Harre's haircut looks good as
Kim Baker Wilson @kimbakerwilson
Harre says has unfinished business. Does not have Kill Bill swords.
Laila Harre's new Internet Party makeover makes her look like the futuristic commander from Star Trek
@bryce_edwards Yet her politics are early 20th century
Damn, I was hoping she would be wearing KDC's LED suit. #fizzer
Damian Christie @damianchristie
Maybe it's the heels, maybe it's nerves, but Laila Harre is shaking like a leaf as she delivers her speech. pic.twitter.com/Qih3GK1uVP
The new face of the Internet Party pic.twitter.com/9o4qAKYHaI
> James Macbeth Dann @edmuzik
She does kind of look like she's been sent from the future to save us @BrookSabin: The new face of the Internet Party pic.twitter.com/9ZCs6GodzZ
Damian Christie @damianchristie
Maybe it's the heels, maybe it's nerves, but Laila Harre is shaking like a leaf as she delivers her speech. pic.twitter.com/Qih3GK1uVP
Kim Baker Wilson @kimbakerwilson
Surprise! pic.twitter.com/ftqsbk4yeE
"Clearly you're all very surprised" pic.twitter.com/tP4TqldAnv
@ChrisKeall *waves*. Ask her why she didn't return my calls yesterday......
Michael Parkin @Michael_Parkin
Internet party makeover for leader pic.twitter.com/FKOsQNpmZP
Michael Parkin @Michael_Parkin
Fist bump pic.twitter.com/2qxFGkXW2j
Internet Party @InternetPartyNZ
.@lailaharre is a Former Minister of Women’s Affairs, and among other achievements, she is responsible for bringing in paid parental leave.
Kim dot Com is telling a sad story about when his Bentleys got stolen by the police. Not a dry eye in the house! #takebackprivacy
I'm at the internet party launch. Even more boring than I feared just some old guy talking about technology
I'm just going to come out and say it guys... the 'internet party' sounds like a party for nerds. Truth to power.
Holding a political press conference at the same time as #NZQT is either genius or foolishness. Not quite sure which.
Internet Party @InternetPartyNZ
We are pleased and delighted to welcome the #InternetPartyLeader - @lailaharre. Please RT and #FollowTheLeader #InternetParty #InternetMana
Internet Party @InternetPartyNZ
#InternetPartyLeader in the purple room practicing their speech… Announcement at 2pm
My guess is it's Prince. "Awaiting the announcement of the leader of the Internet Party at Auckland's Langham Hotel." pic.twitter.com/rUxUm4r8Xl
@secondzeit Prince Harre
Internet Mana people, where is the livestream of the big reveal? Surely there is one?
Michael Parkin @Michael_Parkin
The setup for the @InternetPartyNZ leadership reveal. #purpleaspic.twitter.com/B6aZRbwxux
Kim Baker Wilson @kimbakerwilson
Spelling mistake on the Internet Party's invite. Immediate caution.
I hope Laila Harré runs in Auckland Central, my poorly thought out and hugely misogynistic "battle of the babes" narrative demands it.
Ok but who's gonna be the #InternetPartyDeputyLeader? Harré's google glass?
#2PM Introducing the new leader of the Internet Party: Nandor Tanczos!
Today is 'Yeah We Knew That' Thursday.Govt just announced @matuashane as Pacific Ambassador: this arvo IMP to announce @lailaharre as leader
Chris Keall @ChrisKeall
Interviewing the Internet Party's new leader around 3pm. Non-obvious questions welcome
Kim Dotcom said to be "hugely excited" about unveiling today of new Internet Party leader, Lana Del Rey.
@NzMorningReport Jim andertons "silent and dignified response" about Laila Harre was pretty noisy don't you think?
Lew @LewSOS
"I'm going to give Laila the dignity of my silence" says Jim Anderton, who proceeds to not do so.
Laila Harre is so on form at the moment, I expect National will start burping out communist Albanian socialist insults at the double...
Key has limited scope to criticise Laila Harre, given Nats embraced Alliance's 2 main initiatives: extended paid parental leave + KiwiBank
Laila Harre is younger than all the current party leaders except Metiria & Russel. Just saying.
HarveySpectre @HarveySpectre_
So tech savvy, 20-something males will vote for a top 4 of Hone Harawira, Laila Harre, Annette Sykes, and John Minto. Ok.
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
Laila Harre first entered Parliament in 1996. Incidentally, people born that year will be able to vote for the first time this year.
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
And I'm sure knowing the Internet Party leader was first an MP in the year of their birth will be a voter drawcard #rtpt
Um ... so the new leader of the Internet Party @lailaharre has made like 27 tweets. Has she really got the quals for this?
Andrew Robertson @Unimatrix_0
Interesting conflict. I bet people who wouldn't consider voting for Mana or the Internet Party *would* consider voting for Laila Harre.
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
The Alliance is back with a venegence: McCarten, Harre and (potentially) Jackson. This is weird.
Seriously tho, what does it say about the NZ left that the old guard is being hauled out of retirement, while the right is appointing yoofs?
Harré Houdini.
Which paper will be first with "Harrewira"?
But Laila Harre wont take with her the same politics that she had when she was in the Alliance, will she?
Right Wing Fat Cat @rightwingfatcat
Mana has absolutely pulled a fast one on the #Internetparty ! Gets all thier funding, dominates the list & have installed a plant as leader!
Right Wing Fat Cat @rightwingfatcat
Internet party supporters have been sold a pup! Laila Harre has more in common with#mana & the greens than #Internetparty supporters #nzpol
Ricardo Simich @RicardoSimich
The Alliance Party is back! #lailaharre
TV1 Laila Harre leading the IP is good for the left
Tv3 Laila Harre leading the IP will fracture the left
Lol political commentators
i'm betting the Greens are wishing that Dotcom had been extradicted about now.
Internet Party also announcing tomorrow that their campaign manager will be Simon Lusk.
I can only wish a quality person like Laila all the best, but oh for an election year where the focus is on policy, not gimmicks and deals.
Weird how Harre and McCarten are now players in the 2014 election#ThePastIsntEvenThePast
If it is Laila Harre, bit rude of @KimDotcom not to be following her on Twitter. (The Internet Party and Vikram Kumar both are)
No wonder Hone was happy with the Internet's choice of a leader. But he'd do well to remember Laila Haare's her own woman, ask Jim Anderton!
CherylBernstein @CherylBernstein
Laila Harre! Crikey. That's a great coup for them.
Laila Harre doesn't say "Internet" to me, but she might get more votes for a very left-wing party than Mana's existing candidates
I'd love to know what Harre feels she can get advancing leftist causes via Mana/IP that she felt she couldn't achieve with the Greens
Peters calling Harre appointment "match fixing". Turei doesn't see it as a threat to the Greens.
Chris Finlayson @chrisfinlayson
Laila Harre’s loan from Greens to Mana-Internet Party a sign that planning for Lab-Grn-NZF-Mana-Internet coalition is well advanced?
Chris Finlayson @chrisfinlayson
If Metiria Turei doesn’t back down, that means 5 deputy PMs for David Cunliffe. Six if he can’t convince caucus to bypass @grantrobertson1
It'd fair to say the potential return of Laila Harre to central gov't politics has evoked a mixed response from MPs
> Felix Marwick @felixmarwick
gov't minister's fairly scathing #ttrttpt
What were the principles that caused @suebr to quit Mana, but @lailaharre to join the@internetpartynz?
Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell
Lails Harre is a pretty good choice for leader judging by the edge of panic in the dismissive tweets from ring wing commentators.
So will Jim Anderton be kinda like an Internet-Mana Obi-Wan Kenobi now?
And on Friday it will be announced that Rajen Prasad is the new female co-leader of the Maori Party.
If Laila can be the Leader of the Internet Party as she has used the Internet, I think I should be the Leader of the Greens as I eat them
Laila Harre is the Internet Party leader so the Greens are done for so National wins?? Twitter shd be renamed Shrieker.
Every waka jumper and MMP rorter ever is having a crack at the Harre-Dotcom alliance.
Belinda McCammon @BelMcCammon
I've said it before, i'll say it again, this election year couldn't get more weird. And the campaigns haven't officially started yet.
Surprised Dotcom didn't draft Ahmed Zaoui as Leader. That guy knows how to get anti-extradition results #nzpol
Hone, Harre, Sykes and Minto - can John Key be having a better month than this one?
Will Harre be paid by Dotcom?
The @alliancenz alma mater are reborn across the left parties - McCarten, Hehir, now Harre.
@Tim_Watkin @alliancenz If you look at it as the old Auckland Central late 80s in-fighters, include Prebble and Street.
Laila bailed on the Greens a few months ago to work for the unions. They won't be happy.
Fantastic news to hear Laila Harré will be leader of the @InternetPartyNZ: great leader with impeccable credentials.
Remember that it was Laila Harré who fought hard to squeeze 12 weeks paid parental leave out of Helen Clark's Labour government.
Coley Tangerina @ColeyTangerina
Laila has done great things in progressive politics. I hope getting behind a millionaire who donated to John Banks isn't part of her legacy.
@ColeyTangerina I think the point is she's getting in front of him. He might be the founder, but she's going to be the boss.
Weird how Harre and McCarten are now players in the 2014 election#ThePastIsntEvenThePast
CarrieStoddart-Smith @Ellipsister
Dotcom has played politics well. LH is a gr8 choice. Still, IP founder has a clear agenda, only part of which is to depose JK. #extradition
Quite fitting that the internet has scooped the @InternetPartyNZ's big announcement.#InternetPartyLeader #lailaharre
Laila Harre as Internet Party leader. Can;t see them picking up many votes off National. Greens may be a bit worried though.
'laila' & 'harre' are now trending in New Zealand http://trendsmap.com/nz
Joshua Hitchcock @jcphitchcock
Was really expecting someone with, you know, experience and knowledge in the tech sector.
Laila Harre joins the Aotearoa Legalise Copyright Infringement Party #nzpol
So the left is assembling a team of washed up 1990's egos to contest the election. Lets be kind and call them the 'Social Justice League'
I'm glad it's an experienced politico and not some misc businessman with a fibre fetish leading the Internet Party. #policytime
Coley Tangerina @ColeyTangerina
You can't put Sue Bradford Lite at the head of a Party & make people forget the founder is a neo-liberal DJ version of Mr Burns.
The important question about #Internana now is: who's the baddest motherfucker in the room: Kim Dotcom, Hone Harawira, or Laila Harré?
So... Green Internet Mana Party (GIMP) alliance?
Laila Harre under the command and control of the millionaire German convicted fraudster. The left just gets funnier every day.
@CactusKate2 Nah. Someone with her background, networks and bank of isn't controllable. She can walk whenever she feels like it.
If @lailaharre is it, it gives immense cred to the project. She ain't nobody's puppet.
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
With Laila Harre leading the Internet Party it gets a lot harder to argue that the parties don't have common ground, are odd bedfellows, etc
Laila Harre is great but the whole stitch up undermines the concept of the Maori seats and marks the beginning of the end of their existence
GCSB Intercepts @GCSBIntercepts
" Why, why, why the Laila? "
Wow, Laila harre. Really? I bet Sue Bradford is feeling a little stupid now.
Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop
In 2002 the Alliance was beaten by the Outdoor Recreation Party #facts
The Greens really let that possible candidate slip through their fingers.
The Greens will be absolutely livid about Laila Harre as Internet Party leader. This will be very damaging for their party vote.
> Thomas Beagle @thomasbeagle
@bryce_edwards Why would anyone care? She's hardly famous or a household name.
@thomasbeagle @bryce_edwards She's pretty formidable. OTOH, Matt McCarten was supposed to have saved the election for Labour.
> Thomas Beagle @thomasbeagle
@danylmc @bryce_edwards I'd have thought they'd have gone for someone with name recognition... if they could recruit them, of course.
@thomasbeagle @bryce_edwards Leila has the skillset of a successful politician, which is far more rare/valuable than name recognition.
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
So if Internet MANA Party works the way we hope it will, Hone, Laila, Annette and Minto will be in power - where's all that left angst now?
If it is Laila Harre, bit rude of @KimDotcom not to be following her on Twitter. (The Internet Party and Vikram Kumar both are)
Liam Kernaghan @liamkernaghan
Laila Harre? This story just gets more bizarre as the days go along
Patrick Leyland @ProgressReport
I guess Hone and Kim will be hoping Laila does better than she did against Lynne Pillay.#nzpol
Laila Harre a great get for the Internet Party but is she still a Green Party member?
Wow. Laila Harre. Epic.
I wonder what portfolio Laila Harre would be after in Cabinet this time.
@bryce_edwards Minister of All the Parties.
Chris Bramwell @rnzgallerychris
Quelle surprise! Laila's cellphone goes straight to voice mail
3 News understands Laila Harre to lead Internet Party - her fifth political party
@ChrisKeall What did she say when you asked her for comment?
@toby_etc @ChrisKeall I left messages asking, Why why why, dear Laila?
Nobody refer to Leila as a 'game-changer'. That'll preclude her from having any impact whatsoever.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
@danylmc circuit breaker.
Laila Harre is an inspired choice for Internet Party Leader - @lailaharre
Always been a big Laila Harre fan.
Former Alliance leader Laila Harre to head Internet Party — source (PAID)http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/former-mp-lead-internet-party-rh-p-156833 …
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