John Key Haunted Once More As Coalition Talks Compared To 2011 Handshake Humiliation
THREEWAY 2.0.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Sir John Key woke up in a cold sweat this morning, as he was haunted not by the ghosts of his former Cabinet Ministers, but by the eerie echoes of a handshake gone awry at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Just after the Webb Ellis Cup was presented to then-All Blacks’ captain Richie McCaw, an embarrassing three-way handshake was broadcast across the world. The handshake was between Sir John Key, Sir Richie McCaw, and Bernard Lapasset, an old rugby board chairman, who nobody really knew.
As the nation anxiously awaits the outcome of the coalition talks between the National Party’s Christopher Luxon, ACT’s David Seymour, and the ever-unpredictable Winston Peters, political pundits couldn’t help but draw parallels to Key’s cringe-worthy handshake debacle.
