Election 2020: Judith Collins and the art of cheeky misdirection

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date September 25, 2020

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Like most politicians, Judith Collins isn’t above a bit of cheeky misdirection – regardless of how serious the question is.

Asked yesterday about the paltry amount of spending in National’s …

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