National Party MP Aaron Gilmore announced he was quitting parliament late on Sunday, saying the fallout from his actions during a meal at an exclusive South Island restaurant last month had become too much to bear. "I have made mistakes. I am human," Mr Gilmore said. "But the attacks on my integrity have started taking a toll on those around me and this is unfair on them."
One of Mr Gilmore's dining companions, lawyer Andrew Riches, said the MP had remonstrated with the waiter when he refused to serve him any more alcohol, saying: "Don't you know who I am?", and calling the man a "dickhead". Mr Riches said Mr Gilmore had threatened to have the prime minister's office sack the waiter, prompting the lawyer to write a letter to the restaurant apologising for his companion's behaviour.
Mr Gilmore denied some of the details of Riches' allegations but admitted he was drunk and abused the waiter, saying his behaviour was rude and arrogant. After initially refusing to resign, he fell on his sword after it became clear late last week that he had lost the support of the prime minister.
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This guy is being laughed at by almost everyone in NZ. He resigned because nobody in parliment would talk to him anymore, and in his resignation speech he started crying. Truly he is a dickhead. He was a list MP, which means no one actually voted him in in the first place, its a stupid system. This crybaby dickhead was of the same political party as the Prime Minister, the same prime minister that is selling off all the state owned assets in an attempt to make the books look good. If you have some money spare, come and buy some of NZ, most of it is for sale.
Politicians are the same the world over, William.
Most of the UK's assets have been sold off by politicians to their chums.
Then they are given lucrative seats on the boards of the privatised assets when they leave office.
Self-serving scum.
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