Helen rules Winston in

The Herald reports:

She said she would not rule out dealing with anyone after the election besides National and its “handmaiden” Act.

This is very important. A vote for Labour will effectively be a vote to keep Winston in Government. It doesn’t matter how many times he lies, it doesn’t matter how many false donations returns are filed, she’ll still have him in Government.

After weeks and weeks of claiming she has to wait for due process, she shows she has made her mind up. Unless Winston is actually in a jail cell, she”ll deal with him. She knows that he lied to her and to the public. The whole country knows he lied. But Helen says no problems.

Once upon a time, Clark had some standards. She referred to Peters as the “Le Pen” of New Zealand. Now she will forgive him any crime or sin. He could call for mass deportation of Asian immigrants, and Helen would not rule him out.

I love it that Helen has said this is an election about trust. As one commenter suggested:

You can trust Helen to keep Winston’s secrets

Indeed.