The nose gets bigger

Helen Clark’s claim to have been so engrossed talking to Jim Sutton (always an unlikely story) that she failed to notice the speed, the lights or the sirens of her convoy has been shout out of the water by the testimony from Officer Clinton Vallender who has stated under oath that Clark congratulated him for the “heroic drive”.

I think it is shameful that these officers have been left out to hang by the PM when it is clear they did not make the decision about making the 4.50 pm flight but the PM and her staff did. The Police advised there was a 5.40 pm flight and it was the PM’s press secretary who after consulting the PM said to make the 4.50 pm flight.