We have had quite a few nominations. I have decided to not include John Key because as the captain and coach he would win hands down. So the nominations for the Whaleoil Awards – Best Minister are:
Tony Ryall – has there been a single Health related PR disaster in his time at the helm? I can’t think of one. The fact that he wanted a second term at this job when it traditionally has been the graveyard for many a political career speaks volumes of his tenacity.
Judith Collins – smacked around Corrections, implemented container cells and launched private prisons again, replaced Barry Matthews. In Police she turned around morale, gave Howard Broad his beans, sidelined useless contenders for his replacement and got in a solid Commissioner that the troops respected. She also stepped up to take the hard jobs that Simon Power refused to do, the implementation of 3 strikes, car crushing legislation and dealing with a wayward Supreme Court judge. One of the things she pushed for as well as Minister for Veterans Affairs is the funding of travel for Veterans going to commemorations. Wayne Mapp dropped the ball on that one and Crusher again stepped up to clean the mess.
Lockwood Smith – I am nominating Lockwood Smith for bringing respect and gravitas back tot he role of Speaker. I suspect though that Winston Peters will make life difficult once again, but Lockwood has dealt to him int eh past beating him a selection battle many years ago.
Steven Joyce – nominated for implementing the Kopu Bridge, early and under budget. Also for studiously ignoring the bleating attempts at extortion from Len Brown and his fellow travelers for billions of other people’s money to build a stupid train-set.
Best Minister
- Judith Collins (45%, 277 Votes)
- Tony Ryall (26%, 159 Votes)
- Steven Joyce (18%, 108 Votes)
- Lockwood Smith (11%, 74 Votes)
Total Voters: 611
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