Larry Williams Drive

I don’t understand why Chris Hipkins didn’t just fire Stuart Nash from all of his portfolios yesterday. He should’ve.  I have not seen anyone else defending Nash, every single commentator I've seen and heard on the radio and in the papers this morning has said the same thing: He’s got to lose all the portfolios.  When he breached the cabinet manual he didn’t breach it as Police Minister, he breached it as a Minister. No Minister should call the police commissioner. No Minister should have a crack at judges. Absolutely it’s not okay for the Police Minister to take a crack at a judge, but it’s also not okay for the Fisheries Minister. Or the Forestry Minister. Or the Economic Development Minister, all of which he is. Because all Ministers have power and that power can’t be used to try to influence judges. Sacking him altogether would’ve been the easy option, that way the story would be over in a day. But instead, Chippy’s defending him for a second day, and if this drags into tomorrow, a third day. It’s possibl