PATTRICK SMELLIE: Collins on the rampage

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Collins on the rampage
Pattrick Smellie
I’ll tell you what, as Judith Collins said repeatedly in last night’s Newshub leaders’ debate: two very different party leaders turned up, compared to last week’s bloodless TVNZ affair.An audience made a difference. They clapped and cheered, more often for Jacinda Ardern than Collins, although that made no difference. Collins dominated the debate, even though Ardern remains odds-on to win the election.At least a live audience created the kind of atmosphere so lacking in an election campaign that is hardly galvanising pub...

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