It is MFAT’s fault – yeah right.
And for the record I don’t agree with Phil Goff that McCully should launch an inquiry. McCully can’t prosecute, defend and judge his own case. Someone else should take charge, where’s John Key?
It is MFAT’s fault – yeah right.
And for the record I don’t agree with Phil Goff that McCully should launch an inquiry. McCully can’t prosecute, defend and judge his own case. Someone else should take charge, where’s John Key?
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Trev are you talking about this leak?
“DPF takes Phil Goff to task for speaking out against the MFAT leak, reminding us that Goff leaked MFAT notes regarding Don Brash’s ‘gone by lunchtime’ conversation with a US Senate delegation regarding New Zealand’s anti-nuclear policy – his real position on this issue being just one of the many, many, many instances in which Dr Brash lied to the public during his memorable tenure as National leader.”
Hang on was that the meeting when Don Brash knew there was an MFAT official with a reporting to government brief in the room.
Trevor, is someone suggesting that McCully leaked it on instruction from CT in order to damage Labor and help their Lib clients? What an outrageous suggestion.
“Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said “there would be a concern if there was a leak”. ” The cable could have found it’s way to the Australian withut a leak, Bill?
To answer what seems to be a series of questions, your recollection is correct Trevor. The incident DPF is discussing did involve an MFAT official at that meeting, who was taking notes as part of normal reporting to government. The notes taken were offical, and subject to OIA requests.
And Dr Brash denied he ever said ‘Gone by Lunchtime as long as he could. In fact, he claimed to have no recollection at all of the meeting for a stage there. Presumably because meetings with US senators are so forgetable.
Back to your post Trevor: it does seem unlikely that the leak would have come from MFAT officials. They are public servants, and could get fired for that sort of activity. Yet, if we exclude them, that would suggest that the leaker was a National party MP. Can anyone recall any instance of an unexplained leak out of the National party caucus?
I can: funny Brash’s name came up earlier…
I’m bleepin grateful that Phil Goff leaked the gone by lunchtime comment – the NZ public had a right to know, nuclear is a very serious issue and I believe that he saved us from it
Nuclear would’ve affected the whole country
The secret leader change is not the type of secret that would be to anyone’s detriment if no one knew about it.
John Key said these things happen but then he may understand that there are some who may benefit from leaks!! I’m sure Joyce, English him and even Brash are aware of that!
Who gives one ?
How surprising that Farragoblog raises the issue of leaks.
Hes had them himself, especially when he wants to stop something,
like the restrictions on excess drinking. LOL.
McCully seems to be to ‘busy’ to deal with problems with his portfolios in NZ but has time to pass this onto “the Australian” correspondent in NZ.
I wonder who that person is?
I had hoped under new management labour might have changed the do as we say not as we do policy
It is MFAT’s fault – yeah right.
What’s your evidence Trevor, aside from it being a convenient issue you think you can make political hay out of?
Put up or, well, you know the rest.
Funny how when labour was in Govt, national squealed about convenient leaks, now they could be stopping this stuff they don’t. We all know that Govts suffer two types of leaks, those they perpetrate themselves and those they dont. I do NOT excuse Labour for their par tin this at all BUT National campaigned on “CHANGE they said they would be bringing in integrity all the things they claimed Labour lacked…
SIGH, they haven’t of course, and now those who railed against Clark and Labour find themselves defending their ownwith the weak “Labour did it first” argument.
Labour now must see the frustration of when you are on the receiving end…
and around and around we go… their really is NO moral ground left why do both sides have mouthpieces who try to scramble for it?