John Roughan sure doesn't have a secret agenda when it comes to Peters
Nevertheless, our politics would be better without him. He has been a misleading voice in national debates, a negative influence on public confidence in the country and those who genuinely serve it, a mischievous, evasive, obnoxious muck-raker with the charm of an attention-seeking child.
He has fooled his admirers for too long. May this be the year that voters wash him out of our public life.
And earlier in his piece
Bullshit. Phil Goff's word is the only apt description for Winston's politics. Our tariff phase-downs might be faster than China's in this deal but those China has agreed to are rapid by comparison with New Zealand's voluntary reductions over the past 20 years, which Winston of course opposed. He has opposed every important economic step the country has taken during his time in Parliament. If he operates by a principle beyond personal survival it is simple conservatism: do nothing drastic, nothing much is wrong, leave us alone.
This is wonderful stuff. Read the full article. We wish we had read it before John Armstrong, as we might be in a better mood.
