February 11, 2015 12:00pm by David Farrar

Peters as accurate as always

The Prime Minister has dismissed accusations from Winston Peters that he dyes his hair.

During his first speech to Parliament today, Peters quipped that on his side of the House, MPs didn’t dye their hair.

Asked about the statement later, Peters signalled the barb was directed at Key.

“Mr Key’s been taken to telling some of your colleagues about the question of age. Well, frankly, if I was him and having to dye my hair, whilst I’m losing it, I’d leave out the question of age,” said Peters, who first entered Parliament in 1978.

“You know he does [dye his hair],” Peters said. “We all know that. I’m just telling the Prime Minister, for God’s sake, don’t get personal because you’ll get that sort of thing back.”

A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said he did not dye his hair or colour it in any way.

Once again truth is a foreign concept to Peters. Sometimes on a trivial issue, but often on important issues. I think it is pathological – he has got away with it for so many decades, it doesn’t even bother him now.