Here’s some of the more interesting tweets (so far) about Gareth Morgan’s just-announced TOP political party. The most recent tweets are first.
Geoffrey Miller @GeoffMillerNZ
Fair point to say that populist parties often have contradictory ideology. But new Morgan party seems more centrist than anything
Geoffrey Miller @GeoffMillerNZ
New Gareth Morgan party seems to be blue-green with a twist of Roger Douglas- era Act and some Internet Mana rolled in.
Nic @hazmatnz
Gareth Morgan is NZ's equivalent of Trump.
Plenty of dollars, 0 sense.
Ego driven publicity stunt.
Pepper Raccoon @pepperraccoon
My new political party: The TipTop Party. We have free ice cream and we're better than Gareth Morgan.
Jeremy @nz_voter
Flag campaign failed. Beach campaign failed. Cats. This party will fail.
For an economist, he's not that smart with money is he?
David Farrar @dpfdpf
So if the Morgan Party takes 119,865 votes (4.9%) off the Greens and Labour, that would be pretty great
Reed Fleming @reedfleming
A white dude with money wanting power and saying he's good because he's anti-establishment. Of COURSE he's inspired by Trump.
Phil Quin @philquin
If people misdirect to http://top.co.nz , and not http://top.org.nz , in search of Gareth the Great, they can buy real snake oil.
Dovil @Dovil
Always a smart move to start a political party in NZ and immediately compare yourself to Trump. Very popular here, will go down well.
Sanjay Patel @spat106
Gareth Morgan's target voting demographic is native birds.
Barnaby Bennett @mrbarnabyb
Is Morgan just trying to steal a few percent of nats to disappear that vote? Pretty funny if so.
Kyle MacDonald @kylemacd
Jokes aside would you rather have Gareth Morgan or David Seymour in Parliament?
Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo
Tell you what though, all joking aside, it is nice to see these sorts of fundamental principles up for discussion. http://www.top.org.nz/vision
Murdoch @DoingOurBitNZ
On Gareth Morgan: he's actually seen the refugee crisis first hand, unlike every single National MP.
tiredsounds @normcoremarxism
"Make New Zealand Fair Again" this is like Trump for the NZ psyche/delusion.
Will Matthews @WillAMatthews
tbh compared to other people who have started parties Gareth Morgan is relatively sensible. Will be watching this closely
Keith Ng @keith_ng
I've always dreamed of a political party that didn't give af about winning, and could be a vehicle for unpopular policies...
Dan Brunskill @DanBrunskill_
Twitter does not like Gareth Morgan! But I do! His policies are so de
eply Kiwi: equality, environment, education, innovation. #topnz
Philip Matthews @secondzeit
I think a Nigel Latta Party could also be a good idea.
Ben Thomas @BenThomasNZ
@henrycooke Seeing a hole in the market where Dotcom and Craig used to be seems optimistic, but that's what makes an entrepreneur, I guess
At The Drive Thru @drivethrupod
Will National run a scare campaign that a millionaire is trying to buy the election again? That was fun
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
I suspect this'll be terribly embarrassing for ol @garethmorgannz but an alternative to corrupt incumbents is needed
Gareth Hughes @GarethMP
There you go, Red Peak goes from inspiring modern symbol of NZ to political logo. Clap clap
Daisy Hudson @daisy_hudson
How stoked is John Oliver right now. @LastWeekTonight #garethmorgan
Andrew Morrison @Morrison_TVNZ
Cats around New Zealand fearing the worst as Gareth Morgan enters politics
Jordan McCluskey @Onz_Pod
Three kinds of parties fail in NZ 1) Rich dude vanity parties 2) Parties lead by economists 3) Christian parties 2 out of 3 ain't bad
Giovanni Tiso @gtiso
The party is one hour old and according to my sources it's already polling higher than ACT.
paulbrislen @paulbrislen
Why isn't it "The Opportunistic" Party? Rich white guys bring back equality. Yeah, OK then.
henry cooke @henrycooke
if gareth morgan's aim is to reach 5% i'm fairly sure he will fail. if he just wants to get his ideas on the table - act do it with 1%
Sports Freak @Sportsfreakconz
The pedant in me would like to point out that, to the best of my knowledge, Gareth Morgan has never killed a cat
Maria Sherwood @MariaSherwood2
Will Gareth Morgan get a visit from the police for saying he wants to light a fuse under Parliament?
Philip Matthews @secondzeit
December 2017: coalition talks between Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party and Anne Batley-Burton's Cats Party turn acrimonious.
James Macbeth Dann @edmuzik
I wonder if Gareth Morgan will post out all the unsold copies of his various books, like Richard Prebble did with "I've been thinking"
Lloyd Burr @LloydBurr
The Greens should look out....this could hurt them.
Greg Robins @gj_robins
If Gareth Morgan really wants to be the economist from Borgen, he's got a lot of Danish to learn.
Matthew Beveridge @matthewjpb
How to make a small fortune? Start with a large one and launch a political party...
Chris Keall @ChrisKeall
Thinking Morgan party will be good for National if he peels votes from Labour & Greens but doesn't make 5% threshold
nzherald @nzherald
BREAKING 'Cat-killer' Gareth Morgan has launched a political party to bring back fairness to New Zealand
Andrew Chen @andrewmeows
We now know the answer to every "Could Donald Trump happen here?" panel: Gareth Morgan http://www.top.org.nz/
James Macbeth Dann @edmuzik
Do you like Red Peak and Ted Talks? Think that the Green Party isn't quite businessy enough? Then have I got the political party for you!
Andrew Chen @andrewmeows
The Opportunity Party: Heading towards just under the 5% threshold.
Stephanie Rodgers @bootstheory
What system do you reckon millionaire NZ white guys have to determine whose turn it is to screw up general elections with vanity projects?
Not Gareth Morgan @NotGarethMorgan
I'm the breath of fresh air NZ politics needs - another old pakeha man telling everyone what's best for them. *Waves at @DrBrash* #NZPOL
Alex Braae @awbraae
Really needs to front foot that whole cat thing, electoral poison otherwise
jase in space @jase_b
It genuinely kinda freaks me out that Gareth Morgan used the Trumpian phrases "establishment parties" and "career politicians".
Stephen Keys @SteveKunframed
Great to see but think his conventional economics education will hold him back. NZ needs a 2% MMP threshold to really break open status quo
Christian Mair @LuchaLounge
Kim Dotcom. Gareth Morgan. Can we actually have a person entering politics we actually like and admire? How about it @JohnJCampbell?
Megapoopolopolis @Megapope
Sinister confluence as Top Shop opens in Wellington and Gareth Morgan starts up the TOP. Coincidence? Wake up sheeple.
David Farrar @dpfdpf
Will Gareth Morgan spend as much as Colin Craig and Kim Dotcom in their efforts to influence Parliament?
Philip Lyth @philiplyth
Gareth Morgan says he wants to light a fuse under Parlt. Will he find himself hauled in front of Privileges Cttee for contempt? (No.)
Jordan Williams @JordNZ
How much is Sir Bob laughing at Gareth Morgan right now for following in Bob's footsteps?
Bounder @DawgBelly
Just what the political landscape needs another old white millionaire who thinks he knows it all…
Mr Salteena @saniac
Bob Jones. Colin Craig. Kim Dotcom. Gareth Morgan. Anything's possible, but NZ rich dude parties have poor form.
Alex Coleman @ShakingStick
Good on Gareth Morgan. A good test of the Blue-Green theory.
Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz
Gareth Morgan successfully ruins #RedPeak for everyone who loves cats.
Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz
I can see the billboards now: "Vote cat-hater!" #YeahNah
http://www.top.org.nz/
Metiria Turei @metiria
Topcat was one of my favourite cartoons as a kid. Maybe not so much now #TOPcat
Andrew Riddell @AndrewRiddell1
A new political party being set up by Gareth Morgan. Will it campaign for a universal basic income? A home for blue-greens?
Philip Lyth @philiplyth
Prediction: maximum 25,000 party votes (1%) at the election.
Marianne Elliott @zenpeacekeeper
Gareth Morgan's party already made me smile: "we also acknowledge the contribution of unpaid work. Without it our economy would collapse."
Giovanni Tiso @gtiso
There was a double vacancy in the millionaire vanity political vehicle market. Enter Gareth Morgan. http://www.top.org.nz/
Marianne Elliott @zenpeacekeeper
So Gareth Morgan just launched a political party. http://www.top.org.nz/ 2017 might be more fun than I expected.
Mathew Grocott @mathewgrocott
Sweet, we needed a new joke party for next year's election, thanks Gareth.
Jess Berentson-Shaw @DrJessBerentson
Things stay the same for us at the Morgan Foundation, while the boss moves on to taking on the halls of power
Bill Bennett @billbennettnz
Gareth Morgan's new political party plans to build a wall. And will make the cats pay for it.
Asher Wilson-Goldman @AsherGoldman
You know what New Zealand really needs? Another rich white man's vanity project political party. Thanks, Gareth Morgan.
Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
The Opportunities Party, led (presumably) by Gareth Morgan. DOES THIS MAKE HIM TOP CAT?
Gareth Morgan @garethmorgannz
Big day today, I’m going into politics, this is going to be a wild ride but I’m determined to see NZ do better. http://www.top.org.nz
