Trevor Mallard has gone dog on his mates:
I spent three years as a whip which included cabinet committee experience in the 1980s and the nine years as a Minister in the Clark government.
I saw lots of weak, and some frankly useless Ministers. Most, but not all, were in the second half of the rankings. They often caused more work than they added value. There was an enormous amount of time wasted explaining what was either obvious or buried in papers that if they had been read hadn’t been understood.
Trevor should name names.
Previous Clark government ministers still in caucus are:
Phil Goff, Annette King, Trevor Mallard, Parekura Horomia, Ruth Dyson, Lianne Dalziel, Damien O’Connor, David Cunliffe, David Parker, Nanaia Mahuta and Clayton Cosgrove.
Which ones is Trevor talking about?
Which of his current caucus colleagues who are former ministers would he classify as “frankly useless”?
Who was the worst of them?
