A short YouTube monologue by John Key (uploaded by James Laughlin) in which Key defends Chris Hipkins against allegations of religious extremism, cites Hipkins' support for parental leave and gay rights, and states Key's own views: he believes in religion but does not believe in life after death, describing death as final.
The left have done quite a good job of saying Chris is a, you know, evangelical nutjob. He'll be waving and all this sort of shit and you know, doesn't like this and doesn't like the anti women and all these sorts of things and all I can tell you just to give him a one second plug. There's all a load of horseshit. I was on the board of Air New Zealand. He bought an extended paid parental leave. He was massively supportive of gay rights. He hasn't actually been to church for five years. Not that I care, I'm just not. I don't believe in, I believe in religion, I don't believe in life after death. So I mean I might be wrong and if I work out one second before I die that I am wrong I'll change. But right at the moment I just think or nonsense, don't you? I mean, you know I'm going to come back as a rabbit or I'm going to come back as a cat or I'll come back as, you know, bloody Chris Hipkins advisor. I don't think so like I just think it's over like you know, see you later. Boom.
