Judith Collins
Looking back to this point in the last political cycle, you see Labour tearing itself apart and fighting for the future of the party. National is facing the same crisis, but no-one seems to want to lead
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We’ve still got about 48 hours of campaigning to go and one big leaders’ debate. So here, even after all these weeks, are some questions still worth getting answers to…
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Judith Collins plucks votes from the low hanging trees in the second leaders’ debate, but also makes promises she may live to regret
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The first Election 2020 leaders debate bounced from rabbit hole to rabbit hole, as a flat Jacinda Ardern and grinning Judith Collins fumbled their way though a contest that struggled to find a focus
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National and New Zealand First have released border policies that try to out-tough each other as they seek to capitalise on Labour’s test failure. And why Jacinda Ardern’s two lines can’t both be true
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Labour won’t want to change the election day, but it’s going to get hard to resist if campaigns are delayed much longer. If National gets the gift of time, however, it will want to do better than seed conspiracies. From Caucus
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National MPs meet tonight having to make some quick decisions with profound implications. One MP stands out as ready and road-tested, but would National act in haste only to repent at leisure?
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Future or past? Merit or representation? This leader or one of the previous ones? National has been making some headlines this week and getting on the news. But not in ways that helps Todd Muller
Read MoreIt's not slushies or Judith Collins doing for Simon Bridges. The fact is that he was the longest of long shots when he took the reins and events tell us he'd need a miracle from here
Read MoreI'm shocked I tell you. Shocked... Shocked that anyone would be surprised by tonight's Newshub-Reid Research poll. The seasons of politics are turning as expected. The complicating factor is Judith Collins.
Read MoreIn many respects, Judith Collins has been the worst Minister of Justice and Corrections New Zealand has ever had. She had to go – even if that changes absolutely nothing about how the country deals with the drivers of crime or the growing prison population. And it won't.
Read MoreAs John Key exits stage centre undefeated and to much applause, the question becomes who will be bold enough to take up his mantle in the middle? As voters start shopping around, who's looking the part to succeed him?
Read MoreThe Department of Corrections was doing what the courts told it was the law. The courts were wrong about that, so now the Department of Corrections owes prisoners compensation. That's exactly how our law is supposed to work.
Read MoreStuart Nash is trying to make political hay out of Nikolas Delegat's crime and punishment. The problem is, in doing so he's calling for the undermining of New Zealand's constitutional arrangements. That's ... not a good thing.
Read MoreJudith Collins let us know what she thinks about how the Police currently enforce speed restrictions on our roads. Not only did she actually get this wrong, but she probably shouldn't be telling us anyway.
Read MoreA (former) judge may be going to say that David Bain is not innocent beyond all reasonable doubt. That doesn't necessarily mean he won't get compensation, but it makes it a bit harder to do so.
Read MoreAll I want for Christmas? Sure, less bad sing-alongs, but mostly I want less cynical politics than the December Dump we've seen this year
Read MoreJudith Collins is back in Cabinet. But let's not forget, her resignation was for an issue separate from those detailed in Dirty Politics, so she has never been "cleared" of the behaviour revealed in the book
Read MoreThe last thing you might think Judith Collins would be is boring. But apparently that's just what the new, true version really is.
Read MoreAnd other assorted closing thoughts on this most unusual of election campaigns.
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