Ridiculous

Stuff reports:

Dirty Politics has sparked another official probe – this time by the guardian of the country’s public records.

Chief archivist Marilyn Little has agreed to a call from Green MP James Shaw to investigate Prime Minister John Key for deleting text messages.

The practice came to light last month amid a furore about Key’s messages to attack blogger Cameron Slater. Key says he destroys text messages in case his phone is lost.

Shaw believes this might be breaking the Public Records Act and took it up with Little.

In a letter, she confirms she will carry out a review of record-keeping practices for Key’s texts between November 2008, when he first took office and November 2014.

The Greens seem to think it is a crime to delete a text message, if you are in Government. does this apply to the PM, or to every single person in Government? Should every state servant have their text messages archives instantly? Effing insane. Maybe if the Greens are serious about this, they could start by releasing all the text messages between Russel Norman and Kim Dotcom!