If I pretend Winston’s not there, I reckon he’ll just go away

If I pretend Winston’s not there, I reckon he’ll just go away


Back in the days of the John Key government, I sometimes had a drink with press secretary Ben Thomas. Once he said of press secretary Chris Bishop, Of course he wants to be Prime Minister one day.

That guy?, I thought, really?
In what kind of world does he see that happening?

Here and now, amidst Trump and melting ice caps and resignation to a dismal and reducing future, perhaps this is his time at hand. The bar that had already dropped far enough to find Paula Bennett has finally reached the University Debating Club.

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