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Andrew Dickens: Don't screw with the successful over 60s · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: What an incredible week. What's with all these sackings and
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  Speaker 1: surprise resignations? Phil Goff? Yesterday, Adrian Or the day before
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  Speaker 1: Richard Prebble did a runner from the gravy train of
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  Speaker 1: the White Tonguey Tribunal. Greg Foran calls it a day
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  Speaker 1: at their New Zealand after five years. So one of
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  Speaker 1: these guys had changed forced on them. The other three
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  Speaker 1: just packed up and left, with varying degrees of notice.
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  Speaker 1: Some seem to be a little angry. I think all
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  Speaker 1: of them are relieved, and they all have one thing
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  Speaker 1: in common. They are over sixty. You don't screw with
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  Speaker 1: successful over sixties, which they all are, because over sixties
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  Speaker 1: who are successful have discovered a super power. They don't
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  Speaker 1: give a flying fig. They're financially settled, they know their
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  Speaker 1: own mind, and they can afford to stand on their principles.
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  Speaker 1: So Phil Goff, Phil Goff will not mind being held
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  Speaker 1: to account for what he said, because he believes what
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  Speaker 1: he said. He just spoke his heart. He may be
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  Speaker 1: regretful that is entertaining job in London has gone, but
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  Speaker 1: he'll just come back to the farm in Cleveden and
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  Speaker 1: he'll start making some real money. He'll do some consultancy.
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  Speaker 1: He'll cash in on his fame, cash in both his
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  Speaker 1: prime ministerial and mayoral superannuation. He's fine. When things start
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  Speaker 1: getting all hot and sticky in their jobs, over sixties
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  Speaker 1: can instantly switch to who needs this crap? And they
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  Speaker 1: can just walk And then they brood a little in
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  Speaker 1: their batch or on a cruise ship with a nice
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  Speaker 1: dinner reservation, might treat themselves to a new car. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, if you think the over sixties have a superpower,
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  Speaker 1: it is nothing compared with the over seventies, whose superpower
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  Speaker 1: is the absolute certainty in what they believe and the
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  Speaker 1: total commitment to making sure that everyone knows it asks
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  Speaker 1: when St Peter's for more.
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