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Director Jordan Hogg, 39, was born in Scarborough and has cerebral palsy. He graduated in film studies from Hull University, trained through Channel 4s 4Talent scheme and won a Bafta breakthrough award in 2020. He has directed episodes of Shameless, Screw, Death in Paradise, Casualty, Coronation Street and Ackley Bridge. He is now the lead director on the new BBC One series Ralph & Katie, a spin-off from Peter Bowkers The A Word, and the first ever TV drama with two learning-disabled lead actors.

Whats Ralph & Katie about and how did you land the directing job?I was really jammy. I had a meeting with [creator] Peter Bowker to potentially direct The A Word episode with Ralph and Katies wedding but didnt get the gig. When I saw on Twitter that a spin-off about their first year of marriage had been green-lit, I emailed my agent and said it was my dream gig. Unbeknown to us, Peter had already remembered me and written it for me to direct.

Its the first time Ive helmed a whole series. My fingerprints are all over it, even the soundtrack. Im entirely unmusical but theres a scene in episode five where Ralphs marching along to the sound of me banging drums and blowing horns. John Williams will be shitting kittens.

Why was it such a dream project?Ive always wanted to make a show about people with disabilities where its about their everyday lives. Ralph and Katie face all the same obstacles that anyone does. If you have a disability, 99% of the time you dont even realise. Your disability isnt at the forefront of your mind, so it isnt in the drama either. Personally, I forget Im disabled until I approach some stairs or Ive walked too far and my knees kicking off. Sat here talking now, it doesnt even dawn on me.

Is the hope that viewers look beyond the labels?The idea is that you quickly forget theres disability in the show and it becomes about the characters. I want it to be judged as a relationship drama, not a disabled drama. Ralph and Katies disability is more of a thing for other people than them. Its how everybody else reacts to it and all the crossed wires. Ralphs mum, Louise, [played by Pooky Quesnel] panics because shes so protective. My mothers exactly the same. Whenever I have a medical issue, shes there like a whippet but certain things you dont want to share with your mum [laughs].

What adjustments were made for lead actors Leon Harrop and Sarah Gordy, who both live with Downs syndrome?Nobodys even attempted this before, so we were adapting on the hoof. We had a wonderful woman called Jess Mabel Jones who was our creative coach effectively an interpreter for Leon and Sarah to help us find emotions. Shed come up with images and smells that they could associate with each storyline, to get in the right headspace. She used a rehearsal technique called mirroring, where shed perform a scene, then theyd do it back to her. At the end of each day, we did de-roleing to come out of character and back into the real world.

And people with disabilities were represented behind the camera tooFive out of six of the writing team have disabilities, plus obviously me. And we sent out an edict that there must be a disabled trainee in every department. We wanted to pioneer a new way of working and change the world.

Didnt you also set new standards for inclusivity and accessibility on set?Rather than sweeping changes, we spoke to everyone individually about their needs, whether they identified as having a disability or not. Much of it was minimal things. People asked for easy-read scripts or bigger print on call sheets. This lad Turbold, who was the best boy, wanted us to put boy in inverted commas in the credits, to stress its not just a male role. We trialled an app to leave anonymous feedback at the end of each day. The TV industry is weirdly set in its ways but we wanted to buck the trend. What we put in place wasnt expensive at all. All it takes is the desire to do it.

Do you hope those working practices become widely adopted?One hundred percent. The whole idea was to demonstrate whats possible and how other productions can be more welcoming. It benefits everybody. You get a much more productive shoot if individual needs are considered and everyones happy.

How far can Sarah and Leon go as actors?A long way. Sarah gets immersed in her roles and feels it deeply. And, hand on heart, Leon is one of the top three actors Ive ever worked with. His timing, instincts and listening qualities are off the chart. Hes always wanted to be a leading man and is so proud. Hes got loads of ideas for season two, mostly involving me being the bad guy and him running me over in various large vehicles (laughs).

How would you respond to potential criticism of the show as politically correct box-ticking?Well, Im a Yorkshireman, so theyd better not cross me. Just watch the show. Youll see its very politically incorrect at times. Its not woke or PC, its representative of society. Everyone has their story to tell, so why cant we tell ours?

Is the TV and film industry improving in terms of disability representation?Its getting there but too slowly. Its the most underrepresented demographic by far on both sides of the camera. In 15 years, Ive never come across another disabled director. An LA charity told me the other day that in high-end US drama, they know of five disabled writers and one disabled director. Thats in the whole of America. Weve done it on one show.

What were your childhood ambitions?Ive wanted to be a director since I was 12. My parents were getting a messy divorce and I vividly remember them having a row in the next room when Lawrence of Arabia came on telly. David Lean transported me to the desert for three hours. It was proper magic. I thought, if I can do this for one person someday, it would be amazing. But I was a kid with cerebral palsy from Scarborough and this life seemed so far away.

When I left school in 1999, there was no internet. I had no idea what opportunities were available. Instead, I did what any disabled kid does and became a fitness instructor! After doing that for four years, I went back to university to study film, learned all I could and worked my way up. Ive been massively fortunate to blag it this far.

Youve moved back to your home town of Scarborough. What drew you back?I settled in Manchester when I got my first job on Shameless. Me, my wife and son moved back to be by the seaside and near family. Its a nice place for Teddy, our little boy, to grow up. His Yorkshire accent is even heavier than mine. When I speak to Americans, I say: Remember that pub at the start of An American Werewolf in London? Its like that around here. But its home. I can open my patio doors and hear nothing but the sea.

How do you unwind when youre not working?I follow Newcastle United and love wrestling. I think its the purest form of storytelling. I listen to Johnny Cash, Thin Lizzy and the Eagles, and Im a massive Disney geek.

Whats the next project in the pipeline?Im directing a Channel 5 miniseries called Blind Spot. A four-part drama, kind of Rear Window meets The Conversation, which were filming in Budapest over Christmas. After that, who knows? I just got a US agent and the dream is to take our Ralph & Katie model across the pond.

If the government let you make one policy change tomorrow, what would it be?There should be a minimum quota of disabled people working in every industry. Because 18% of the population has a disability, 18% of your staff should. Disabled people always find easier ways to do things because we have to. Employers are missing out. Our lived experience and ingenuity is an untapped goldmine.

Ralph & Katie airs Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC One. The entire series is available as an iPlayer box set

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Eid Ul Azha 2022 saw the release of three Bangladeshi films- Ananta Jalils Din: The Day, Raihan Rafis Poran, and Anonno Mamuns Psycho. Despite having a stellar cast (Pujja Cherry, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Rosey Siddiqui etc), Psycho didnt fare well in the box office. As for Din: The Day, people regretted that it wasnt as comical as AJs previous films. Mejbaur Rahman Sumons Hawa entered the scene almost three weeks after Eid. Some people at the cineplexes were torn between watching Hawa or Poran, Chris Hemsworths chiseled body in Thor and Brad Pitts swag in Bullet Train escaping their notice entirely.

This may very well mark the beginning of a new era where the story, not the celebrities, is the star of the film. It was more about what, rather than who, they were there to watch. People had to wait for hours to get tickets for either of these films because of the houseful situation at the cineplexes that seat much fewer audiences than larger local halls (Usually a film doesnt have houseful shows this late into its release, but Poran did). I went to one such local hall, Sainik Club in the capital, to watch Poran on its fourth week and to Bashundhara City to watch Hawa on its debut week. The first had about 15 people in the theatre with no wait time, the latter kept me waiting for four hours in the afternoon on a weekday.

Both films are massive box office successes catering to audiences of conflicting tastes. Poran is on firmer grounds in this regard because its target audiences were oblivious to the glaring misogyny and overall unfortunate craftsmanship of the film. When I interviewed the audiences after the film ended, they all had good things to say including making bhalo chhilo (which was impossible to determine with the faulty projection on the ghola screen), just wow, and meyeta bodmaish (that just might be what the film had set out to prove in the first place. The men are killing each other, but please go ahead and blame the girl for dating two guys at once because that is worse than murder apparently).

Sadly, for Hawa, its audiences-cum-critics are the film buffs, people who spend a considerable portion of their lives watching/analyzing world films. This crowd is nearly impossible to please. So, while the mass is praising the politically incorrect Poran, the educated crowd is split in half about Hawa. All the festivals and film appreciation courses in world couldnt prepare us for acknowledging an artistic films mainstream success.

Hawas audiences are like its two promotional songs. Theres the mass (Shada Shada Kala Kala) and theres the contemplative connoisseurs (E Hawa). Whether we give it credit for setting a higher bar for local films, anyone can commend its effective marketing. Some may say its a tad too aggressive, especially when it is not a plot-heavy film, the kind the mass audience have grown accustomed to.

In the film, a snake charmer (Nazifa Tushi) is caught on the fish net of Chan Majhis (Chanchal Chowdhury) boat. The seamen lust over her as they meet their untimely demise one by one under mysterious circumstances. Thats about the extent of kahini in this film.

I cant responsibly point out how Hawa could be a bigger hit, without mentioning what scares me about Poran being such a massive blockbuster. The fact that its misogynistic sentiments are lost on our people is worrying. If it wasnt loosely based on a true story, I would conclude the writers never met a female specimen of their species in the entirety of their lives, prompting them to conjure up such characters.

Roman (Sariful Razz) is the go to mastan of a corrupt politician. His relationship with struggling college student Ananya (Bidya Sinha Mim) escalates from eve teasing to sexual abuse to a loving couple without a logical progression. One minute he attempts to break her jaw on a secluded street, the next he is her boyfriend (insert surprised GIF). Those of us who forgot to check our brains at the door will suffer throughout the 2hour 19mins, for the film is riddled with such contradictions. Ananya turns out to be a bully herself, using her brute of a boyfriend to threaten classmates and teachers to help her cheat on exams. He even helps her get close to her other love interest, Sifat (Yash Rohan), under the impression that Ananya needs the reluctant nerd to tutor her. Ananya, while still in a relationship with Roman, pressures Sifat to marry her. Although the two have zero chemistry, he caves (insert said GIF again). I can go on all day pointing out whats wrong with this film, but if you get it, you get it already.

However the films may be, Hawa and Poran pulled audiences into theatres, the way Marvel movies used to before they lost their sheen. If the Netflix top 10 movie list is any indication, then its safe to comment we have a preference towards films closer to our culture. Yet every Bangladeshi film last year suffered in the box office competing with Hollywood films. Shimu was released at the same time as Batman. Lal Moroger Jhuti, Nona Joler Kabbo, Chandraboti Kotha- all shared the same fate. What brought the audiences in large flocks this time around? The entertainment factor. Its like the crowd had been singing the chorus of Smells Like Teen Spirit all along, but we were busy collecting accolades, riding our high horses, reaching a grandiose technical finesse for our ever so ghola screens.

Sadia Khalid Reeti is a film critic/screenwriter and is the Showtime Editor of Dhaka Tribune

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The 2010s witnessed a surge in the electoral fortunes of far-right parties in Europe. Most of these parties were once languishing on the fringes of mainstream politics. But in the past decade, many of them have greatly surpassed their previous electoral performance.

Recently, the far-right Brothers of Italy won a majority in general elections in Italy. The party is likely to form the new government. It will become the third far-right regime elected in Europe since 2010. The other two are in Hungary and Poland.

In April 2022, the presidential candidate of the far-right National Front in France bagged an impressive 41.45 percent of the total vote. In the September 2022 parliamentary elections in Sweden, the far-right Sweden Democrats won the second largest number of seats.

A change of tactics by far-right parties in Europe helped them break out from the fringes. Adopting populism was the tactic. Populism is often understood as a thin ideology. It borrows ideas from the more established ideologies of the left and the right to concoct alarming narratives. Such narratives portray a party as being the voice of the people.

The surge in far-right electoral fortunes in the 2010s was largely associated with the surge in the appeal of dedicated far-right parties. In some cases, however, its more moderate parties that have opportunistically veered towards far-right rhetoric

A populist poses as a warrior fighting against the corrupt, complacent and conniving elites. Populism enhances the threat of a crisis, warning of an impending breakdown.

European far-right groups increasingly began to style their politics in a populist manner. Their mission is to safeguard their regions Christian heritage, keep out immigrants and, of course, challenge the elites. They explain globalisation, multiculturalism and liberalism as attacks on the common (Caucasian) natives of Europe who, apparently, are being replaced by non-European races. But the surge in the electoral fortunes of far-right politics is not only associated with dedicated far-right parties.

In the US and, to a certain extent, in the UK, right-wing populist figures were able to infiltrate mainstream centre-right parties and push them further to the right. It is a curious case of entryism because the roots of entryism lie in the far-left tendencies of Marxism, such as Trotskyism.

In the early 1930s, the Marxist ideologue Leon Trotsky advised communists to dissolve their limited communist groups and infiltrate mainstream parties to change their ideological orientation. Entryism became a common communist tactic. But, as it became better known, many far-right groups started to practise it as well, infiltrating moderate right-wing parties in a bid to make them adopt far-right ideas.

For example, Donald Trump in the US was a political maverick who decided to contest Republican Party primaries for the 2016 presidential elections. To distinguish himself from the partys other hopefuls, Trump tapped into far-right emotions and narratives. This excited Republican Party supporters who had for long grumbled about the partys lukewarm stands on matters of race, religion and immigration. They saw in Trump a man who was willing to transcend the established conventions of old-style conservatism and blurt out populist takes on various issues, no matter how politically incorrect the takes were. He won.

Four years later, he failed to win a second term. But he was successful in radically refashioning the ideological orientation of the Republican Party, which now leans a lot more to the right. The same was the case with the UKs Conservative Party, when the eccentric populist Boris Johnson was able to push it towards becoming a more animated right-wing outfit.

In India, before Narendra Modi became prime minister, the mainstream Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had begun to distance itself from its far-right roots. Modi, a man who was still politically and emotionally attached to BJPs roots, has restored BJPs far-right/xenophobic demeanour.

Nevertheless, the surge in far-right electoral fortunes in the 2010s was largely associated with the surge in the appeal of dedicated far-right parties. Brazils Partido Social Liberal (PSL) is a non-European example and, to a certain extent, so is Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Yet, whereas PTI cannot be placed in the column of dedicated far-right parties, it can be compared with Hungarys ruling Fidesz party.

Fidesz emerged in 1988 as a centre-left outfit. It then began to move more to the centre. Unable to gain much electoral traction, it again shifted, but this time to the right. The party was able to somewhat increase its vote-bank in 1998. In the early 2000s, it was rocked by scandals, but the party decided to overcome this by forming an alliance with the right-wing Christian Democratic Peoples Party.

When issues such as immigration, globalisation, multiculturalism and the rise of Islamism surfaced across Europe, Fidesz found itself in an advantageous position to capitalise on these fears. The party took a populist turn by enhancing these fears and questioning liberalisms ability to safeguard Hungarys national identity and Christian heritage. It went on to win multiple elections between 2010 and 2022. It effectively turned Hungary into a conservative authoritarian state.

PTI was formed in 1995 as a centrist party. Some of its founders maintain that it was originally conceived as a left-wing outfit. They say, had this not been the case, the late Marxist Meraj Muhammad Khan would not have joined it in 1998. PTI remained on the fringes across the early 2000s, even though it began to shift to the right. This was mainly because of the influence of the mainstream Islamist party the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), which PTIs chairman Imran Khan became an admirer of.

From 2007 onwards, Pakistans economy began to nosedive and Islamist violence grew manifold. Political turmoil saw the Musharraf dictatorship ousted in 2008 and the return of the countrys two main parties, the centre-right Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). As Islamist violence escalated and the economy continued to decline, the military establishment aided PTI to fill what it claimed was a void.

The establishments reputation was scarred during Musharrafs later years when his double game of attacking one segment of extremists but nourishing others, began to trigger unprecedented Islamist violence. Khan and his PTI were propped to divert the attention away from the establishment towards the two mainstream parties. PTI turned populist and began to demonise PPP and PML-N. It then started to blame Islamist violence on the US.

By 2021, PTI (now as a ruling party) had increasingly adopted populism, bordering on the far-right. Despite being ousted in April 2022, PTIs slide into far-right territory has continued.

In Pakistans context, this means reinforcing Islamist points of view on various social issues, working towards gaining an electoral landslide so as to control all major centres of power in the country and establishing an authoritarian regime buttressed by engineered elections.

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The work Paddy Considine has been doing in his latest job has been making people talk. The 49-year-old actor is the one who gives life to Viserys Targaryen in the successful Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon. There are not many episodes left where his character is one of the main characters, due to the illness that the king possesses.

However, his work (along with that of Matt Smith) has been strongly praised by critics and audiences alike. It is rumored to be one of the favorites for upcoming awards shows, such as the Emmys. Episode 8 of HOTD has given a lot to talk about, especially for the heartbreaking moment played by Considine and Smith's characters.

With the actor's farewell with the cast, as has already happened with Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, it's time to review all the great performances of the figure. Here, check which were his best works and how to watch them on streaming.

1.Journeyman

After a decisive fight, boxer Matty Burton finds himself lying in the room. Weakened and struggling to remember things, he must give his all to recover and keep his family together.

Is not available to stream with a subscription service.

2.The Death of Stalin

On March 5, 1953, Iosif Stalin, General Secretary of the USSR, died in circumstances that have not yet been clarified. Over the course of two days, the power vacuum resulted in a fierce struggle for the succession. Among the contenders are Georgy Malenkov, the cunning Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria, the sadistic head of the secret police.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

3.The Girl with All the Gifts

In the future, a strange fungus has turned almost the entire population into insatiable zombies. A group of children immune to the effects of the virus are the only chance to save humanity. The children are sheltered in a military base located in a village in England, where they are studied in search of a cure. Melanie, one of the girls, stands out above the rest and causes the future of the human race to depend on her.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

4.Macbeth

Protected by the deceitful prophecies of the Fateful Sisters, witches or goddesses of destiny, Macbeth decides to assassinate his king and take the crown. Aware of the horror to which he gives himself up, he forges his terrible destiny and allows himself to be possessed by the evil born of the lust for power, believing himself to be invincible and eternal.

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeares Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.

Available on HBO Max.

5.Miss You Already

Milly and Jess have been friends since they were little and have always shared everything. Although the two have grown up differently and have developed different lives, their friendship remains strong. However, this is put to the test when Milly is diagnosed with breast cancer. Milly needs her friend more than ever, but Jess must also face a drastic change in her life: she is pregnant.

Available onEPIX NOW.

6.Child 44

In 1953, Leo Demidov, an undercover Soviet police agent, loses his status, his power and his home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa, for treason. Exiled from Moscow to a shady provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov in order to track down a serial child murderer.

Available on HBO Max.

7.The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Ties That Bind

A divorce case involving a landowner and his young wife spirals into something darker, drawing Whicher into the heart of the English countryside where he uncovers the most disturbing and destructive of secrets.

Available onBritBox via Amazon Prime Video.

8.The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale

Based on true events, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher tells the story of the Road Hill House murder, which took place in the summer of 1860 in the county of Wiltshire, United Kingdom. The Kent family home was the site of the abduction and murder of their youngest son, three-year-old Francis Saville Kent.

Available on Hoopla andBritBox via Amazon Prime Video.

9.Pride

Realizing that they have Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press as their common enemies, London gays and lesbians band together to support striking coal miners in Wales in 1984.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

10.The Double

Simon is a shy man who goes unnoticed at work, is despised by his mother and ignored by the woman of his dreams. The arrival of his new co-worker, James, will change his life radically. James, physically the same as him, but completely opposite in his way of being, will begin to supplant his identity.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

11.The World's End

An immature 40-year-old man convinces his childhood friends to finish together a drinking marathon they started 20 years ago and never finished, but as they try to complete the feat, an unexpected threat emerges.

Available on HBO Max.

12.The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Murder in Angel Lane

Whicher, a retired policeman meets Susan Spencer in a tavern. She is looking for her niece Mary, who has come all the way from London in search of her baby's father. But when Susan turns up dead and her baby is missing, Whicher offers his help in finding the killer.

Available on Hoopla and BritBox via Amazon Prime Video.

13.Now is Good

Tessa, a 17-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal cancer, makes it her mission to live her adolescence in fast motion. So, while her family faces fear and pain, she wants to enjoy every moment.

Available on Tubi.

14.Blitz

Blitz is a London serial killer who is killing police officers. Chief Inspector Roberts and Sergeant Brant, a tough, uncompromising and politically incorrect police detective, are tasked with trying to stop the psychopath.

Available on fuboTV.

15.The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.

Available onHoopla and BritBox via Amazon Prime Video.

16.Submarine

A 15-year-old boy has two goals: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to keep his mother from leaving his father for a dance instructor.

Available on Tubi.

17.The Bourne Ultimatum

Jason Bourne continues his international quest to discover his true identity. From Russia to Europe, North Africa to the United States, Bourne must stay one step ahead of the people who want to capture or kill him before he has a chance to discover the truth.

Available on Peacock.

18.Cinderella Man

During the Great Depression, James J. Braddock, a retired boxer, decides to return to the ring in order to feed his family. He was not a talented boxer, but his courage, sacrifice and dignity took him to the top.

Available onSTARZ and Amazon Prime Video.

19.My Summer of Love

The affair of a rebellious young girlwith a worldly seductress affects her brother, a professing Christian.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

20.24 Hour Party People

Manchester, 1976. The performance of the Sex Pistols in front of a capacity of 42 people changes the lives of Tony Wilson and his friends. From that night they formulate a plan that will change the face of pop music and bring notoriety to the whole city.

Available onFreevee,Kanopy, Tubi andHoopla.

21.In America

The Sullivans are an Irish family who emigrate to New York, where the father wants to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. The family lives in a ramshackle apartment in Manhattan, where they try to adapt to life in the new city. Despite the poor conditions in which they live, they all try to get by. However, the memory of Frankie, the son they lost, continues to haunt them.

Available onSTARZ and Amazon Prime Video.

1.House of the DragonAvailable on HBO Max.

2. The Outsider Available on HBO Max.

3. Peaky Blinders Available on Netflix.

4. Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 Available on Amazon Prime Video.

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Aucklanders were as glib and apathetic as their 30% voter turnout in reacting to Wayne Browns mayoral win on Sunday morning.

Brown won Aucklands mayoralty with 144,000 votes in the preliminary count, 55,000 ahead of main rival Efeso Collins. As of 3pm on Saturday, 355,000 votes were cast in a city of 1.1m eligible voters.

Auckland Transports (AT) chair has already resigned following Browns win, and the citys new boss wants to see more heads roll after calling for the entire AT board to go.

Browns strategy to victory was focusing on turning out the older than 50 homeowners with a simple message about fixing Auckland.

So, Stuff hit the streets of central Aucklands Karangahape Road, a Sunday market in the North Shores Takapuna, and high street in Onehunga to ask:

What do you think of Wayne Browns win?

Chris McKeen

Zena reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

I dont know, I havent heard anything, Im not sure. Im not sure who that is.

Chris McKeen

Amo reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

Hes a good man. Thats why I voted for him. He does well with the people.

Chris McKeen

Gregory reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

What party does he represent?

Chris McKeen

Jude reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

Someones got to win. Nothing I can do about it.

Chris McKeen

Fran reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

I was disappointed. I dont think we need old men. Weve got enough old men.

Chris McKeen

Bailey reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

I dont know. [Efeso Collins] was the only one I knew anything about.

Chris McKeen

Rusha reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

I would like to see public transport being looked at. I like the half prices for public transport at the moment theyre really, really good.

Chris McKeen

Rachel reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

Never heard of him... He doesnt represent me. Im a 40-year-old Mori woman. I dont think he represents me.

Chris McKeen

Steve reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

Its probably a politically incorrect thing to say, but the right person won.

Chris McKeen

Roimata reacted to the news that Wayne Brown had won the 2022 Tmaki Makaurau Auckland Mayoral election.

Im not too sure. I heard that he was also the mayor for the Far North.

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