Thursday, May 13, 2004
Herald goes feral
I could almost start to enjoy The Herald, if they keep this sort of thing up;
Foreign Affairs officials are said to be upset by the Government's use of the report of Dr Brash's meeting. So they should be. They have every right to expect that reports written on a classified basis will not be used for cheap political gain. In one swoop, Helen Clark has soiled an important tool of their trade. No matter how great the temptation for a Government on the backfoot, it had to be resisted. A Prime Minister should never put a party's interests ahead of principle.Helen's halo has well and truly slipped, her judgement has been shot to ribbons and even the lefty media are looking on her with a critical eye. To my mind, Helen has been quite consistently arrogant, painfully dismissive when trouble shooting and snide to her detractors, but with the halo at half mast, it is only now she is being properly exposed. Long may it continue.
