Should Bill English have been used to promote a TV series on the economy?

Updated: 9:17AM Thursday November 19, 2009

Labour is crying foul over a TVNZ promotional advertisement in which Finance Minister Bill English appears as the poster boy for a series of programmes on the economy.

The 60-second promo has screened on some prime-time shows, including One News, and features Mr English talking about his hopes for the economy and how New Zealand can grow out of recession.

He ends by saying "We're nearly through the tough times and things are looking up ... together, us Kiwis can do it."

Should Bill English have been used to promote a TV series on the economy? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

Ian (Glen Eden)
Thursday November 19, 2009 It's about time TVNZ admitted their mistake on this issue.

It doesn't take two brain cells to rub together to realise the Dipton Double-Dippers appearance on television promoting this television series was actually a political advertisement for the National govt.

When is the National party going to pay back the value of this "free television advertising" to the tax-payer, never I suspect !

Lampie (Glen Eden)
Wednesday November 18, 2009 http:/www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10610110

well well well TVNZ took you long enough, told ya so

bloggy (Porirua)
Thursday November 12, 2009 Not with his current honesty track record. I do agree with the sentiment of beating the Aussies at something else. However reality is that the National Party are using MMP just the same as Labour, to negotiate with minor players such as Mr Dunn (another travel perk user) and nutcases such as Mr Harawira instead of trying to get a more balanced view and negotiate with Labour to give an overwheming majority in parliment and dead centre politics.

MMP is designed to centralise the policies and rule out extremists, but none of our politicians are using MMP properly. Any form of proportional respresentation will only work if you assume that our politicians will not be corrupt in the first place.

rico t (Mangere)
Thursday November 12, 2009 No!They all bunch of liar's. No more lie's.

Jeepers (Auckland)
Friday November 6, 2009 He is the finance minister after all, who did you want to front it Paula Bennett?

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