Nevertheless, Collins echoed the thoughts of many New Zealanders when she said repeatedly on The AM Show on Friday that the prime minister had lied. He declared it to be “a bit over the line if you’re going to start accusing the Prime Minister of lying…. Seriously, I don’t see there’s any lies that are coming from our Prime Minister.”Getty Images Protecting the mana of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is crucial to Labour’s chances at the polls this year. Asked by a journalist on Thursday if she would apologise for the catalogue of errors at the border, Ardern avoided answering the question directly. Chances are high that right now National Party strategists are reading up on Pontius Pilate and his famously slippery approach to taking responsibility.

Source: Stuff June 23, 2020 00:11 UTC