Phil Goff sacked as High Commissioner after 'disappointing' comments

Phil Goff's position as High Commissioner is now "untenable". (Image: File)

Thu, 06 Mar 2025

Phil Goff’s position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is now “untenable” Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters’ office says, after the former Auckland mayor made “deeply disappointing” comments about US President Donald Trump.Asking a question of Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen at a Chatham House event in London this week, Goff said he had been re-reading a speech from former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1938 after the Munich Agreement.“He turned to Chamberlain, he...

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