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Eyewitness News - Snap Election Setup
Television (Full Length) – 1984
Known for drinking whiskey, Prime Minister Rob Muldoon was on the brandy and dry the night he called a snap election in 1984. Although the decision to switch tipples was ultimately immaterial in his downfall it stood as a symbol of a man on the edge defiantly floundering his way through political turmoil.– Writer Matt Stewart on Rob Muldoon's fateful captain's call, The Dominion Post, 27 November 2015
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