John Key compared himself to the US Democrat leader in an interview with Britain's Financial Times. Photos / Mark Mitchell / AP
National Party leader John Key has compared himself to United States Democratic Party presidential contender Barack Obama in an influential British newspaper.
"I'm a bit like (Barack) Obama," Mr Key, 47, told the
Financial Times
in an interview published today. "I am not institutionalised in Wellington".
"I had 18 years in the commercial world and I will be quite pragmatic," the old former Merrill Lynch investment banker said.
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