More sewer dwelling

To keep Trevor company down in the sewer (where he has elected to stay, endorsed by Helen) we also have Steve Maharey. Steve (and we wonder how he got his nickname) has been handing out some sort of dossier on Don, full of quotes from his biography.

As Craig Ranapia has said, I find the book extracts refresing in that they reveal how depressed one can get after a marriage breakup. I actually think such candour from politicians is a good thing. Labour have enjoyed telling stories about canned beef for months on end.

Now it is all public domain, but isn’t it rather creepy to have the No 3 Labour Minister handout out attack sheets with extracts from the book in it. Paul Henry ripped into Clark about this on Breakfast TV and that is when she came up with her lame response about doctored photos of her.

The comparison would be to have a senior National MP handing out to the gallery extracts from Helen’s biographby quoting how she was so upset on her wedding day (as Jim Anderton had forced her into marrying for political reasons) that she was in tears.

I’m just pleased that National is not responding to the gutter tactics and instead almost every day announcing new policies, as part of a comprehensive package.