Prime Minister John Key has suggested a tweet made by Anna Lorck calling David Cunliffe a bully reflects poorly on the leadership of the Labour Party.
Mr Key shared his thoughts yesterday on a 2011 tweet made by Labour's Tukituki candidate, Anna Lorck, in which she called David Cunliffe, now her party's leader, a "bully".
The tweet, posted on December 6, 2011, said: "Can't wait till Cunliff [sic] turns up in HB ... we haven't forgotten he sacked our DHB ... he's no leader, he's a bully." Ms Lorck had said she would not delete the tweet.
Mr Key said: "I understand she's refusing to take down the tweets. She stands by what she said ... if their [the Labour party's] own caucus or potential caucus member thinks that, it's an interesting reflection on the leadership of the party."
Ms Lorck's tweet refers to the fallout of Mr Cunliffe's February 2008 decision, when he was Minister of Health, and sacked the board of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.