John Armstrong : Canny leaders right to skip TV debate – Much pious-sounding claptrap has been voiced about Helen Clark and John Key’s pact not to take part in televised leaders’ debates with their counterparts from minor parties, most of this self-serving cant coming from the minor parties… [NZ Herald Politics]
John Armstrong’s first paragraph is a goodie;
Much pious-sounding claptrap has been voiced about Helen Clark and John Key’s pact not to take part in televised leaders’ debates with their counterparts from minor parties, most of this self-serving cant coming from the minor parties themselves.
He is exactly right. But the more important question is why did Clark lie about the decision? Matthew Hooton, obviously due to his close blogging proximity to Chris “honorable corruption” Trotter, thinks it is OK for a Prime Minister to lie. I don’t.
Remember this election is about trust and Helen Clark lied. She lied on national television, she lied to the people of ew Zealand because she didn’t want it known that it was her who organised the Key/Clark only debate at the expense of the minor parties.
