{"id":129655,"date":"2021-06-22T06:42:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T06:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=129655"},"modified":"2021-06-22T06:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T06:42:04","slug":"ardern-collins-seymour-and-swarbrick-puppets-to-be-revealed-at-backbencher-pub-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/ardern-collins-seymour-and-swarbrick-puppets-to-be-revealed-at-backbencher-pub-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardern, Collins, Seymour and Swarbrick puppets to be revealed at Backbencher pub event"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some of the country’s top political leaders are set to be immortalised in a very Wellington manner – as latex puppets revealed in the pub right opposite Parliament.<\/p>\n
It is a decades-old tradition at the Backbenchers Gastropub, and for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern it will be her second time, after the first puppet in 2018 cemented her skills as a DJ.<\/p>\n
The puppet, lit by disco lights and holding a set of headphones while spinning decks, was kitted out in a red tracksuit with a toothy grin.<\/p>\n
Along with a new version of the Prime Minister, three new politicians will join the infamous ranks: National Party leader Judith Collins, Act Party leader David Seymour and Green MP Chloe Swarbrick.<\/p>\n
Backbencher pub owner Alistair Boyce said tonight there were four politicians from “different ends of the spectrum”.<\/p>\n
Without revealing too much he said Ardern’s new puppet would be “heavenly”.<\/p>\n
Though he expected the puppets for Swarbrick and Seymour to attract a lot of attention.<\/p>\n
All four puppets were based on cartoons by Murray Webb and Jeff Bell, and created by Bryce Curtis.<\/p>\n
“You can expect a bit of fireworks, unusual music and responses,” Boyce said.<\/p>\n
“And a hell of a lot of fun.”<\/p>\n
Boyce told 1News sometimes it could be difficult to pick which politicians make the final cut.<\/p>\n
“The no brainer is the Prime Minister, The Leader of the Opposition, and then it gets difficult,” Boyce said.<\/p>\n
“We had to make some hard decisions as to who would be around and for how long and how big a contribution, they’re likely to make over the decades to come, and that actually became quite easy, so it was Chl\u00f6e Swarbrick and David Seymour.”<\/p>\n
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The event starts at 5pm, with Ardern’s puppet unveiled at 6.15pm, Collins’ at 6.50pm, Seymour’s at 7pm and Swarbrick’s at 7.30pm.<\/p>\n