The Mallard scolding

Audrey Young in the NZ Herald has a brillant section on what the so called reprimand from Helen Clark to Trevor Mallard would be like:

“Trevor, it’s me. I’ve had to call you deplorable and say you’ll agree to lift standards in the House.

“Just tell them you’ll agree. I was a bit tough on the Auditor-General yesterday but I think it’s finally working. By the way: have you got any ideas on how I can put the boot into Brash tomorrow? What did you say? ‘Cancerous?’ Ha ha ha ha.”

Young notes that Mallard is not some errant backbencher but the 4th most powerful person in Labour after H1, H2 and Cullen.