![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether Ms Collins now fully realises what an absolute hash she has made of things is still a very moot point.Īs hard as it seemed for her to come to grips with what she had done, it is just as difficult to come up with a cogent explanation for her astonishing fall from grace. The first law of politics is that often, the handling of a problem turns out to be as bad as or worse than the problem itself. Why did someone who is normally extremely savvy politically become so blinkered as not to see the distress she was causing to her caucus colleagues by refusing to admit she had made a mistake and apologise accordingly, thereby providing ample justification for Labour MP Grant Robertson to keep hounding her?Ībove all, perhaps, can the National Party retain confidence in Ms Collins as a potential leader one day when she has shown such a flagrant and breathtaking disregard for the laws of politics? Isn't it even more desirable that the Justice Minister set an example and be pure as the driven snow in ensuring there is no confusion of her official role with private business - rather than trying to argue that her dealings with the milk-exporting company Oravida did not create even the perception of a conflict of interest when her husband's directorship in the company leads inexorably and inevitably to such a conclusion? Judith CollinsExcuse me, but isn't Judith Collins the Minister of Justice?ĭoesn't holding that portfolio make it even more incumbent on her to follow the rules in the Cabinet Manual to the letter, and especially with regard to something as fundamental as avoiding any suggestion of conflict of interest, real or perceived? ![]()
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