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Judith Collins
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NZ First
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Press Gallery
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Question Time
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Smoking gun
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Winston Peters
Winston Peters got turfed out of Parliament again this afternoon. He claimed to have found the smoking gun that was going to end Judith Collins' political career. Make yourself a cuppa, sit down somewhere comfortable, and watch the fun:
The actual ejection doesn't take place until around the 17:30 mark. But it was a long and tortuous build-up as Peters rambled on and on in an often barely-coherent manner. He did not look well, and more than one of the Press Gallery journalists who gathered in the foyer as Peters tried to plead his case noticed that he was sweating profusely. We were wondering if he has had a small stroke, whilst other, less charitable explanations were offered which we will not repeat here.
Winston Peters not only didn't have a smoking gun, but whatever he had wasn't loaded, and probably wasn't even a gun. But more than that; we wonder if he has another election campaign in him. He is a shadow of the cheeky, grinning Winston Peters of days gone by. Father Time, fags and late nights seem to have caught up with him.
Is Winston Peters past it? Based on today's effort, after John Key called his bluff yesterday, you'd have to seriously wonder if this is the beginning of the end of NZ First and its charismatic leader.
