The prime minister's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weekThe Spinoff Daily, Thursday February 13
Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: A review of the new Courtenay Place design, a recap of day four of the Treaty principles bill hearings, and the footage Shane Jones doesn’t want you to see. But first: Anna Rawhiti-Connell ranks this week’s Luxon low points so far.
“Luxon is no stranger to minor viral fame, with a series of ‘trend’ videos on TikTok under his belt, but nothing prepares you for the big leagues of internet fame: being pasted by Derek Guy, the menswear guy on X. Guy, who runs one of the last remaining good X accounts, is never wrong about sartorial matters. He has a particular focus on ‘macho’ men wearing ill-fitting suits. Andrew Tate, Elon Musk and Connor McGregor are frequent targets. After favours bestowed upon him by X’s algorithm last year, he became one of the internet’s main characters. He has 1.2 million followers on X. In short, it’s best he doesn’t know you exist. On Wednesday night, Guy learned about Chris Luxon.”
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