PATTRICK SMELLIE: Does Hamish Walker understand what's happening here?

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Does Hamish Walker understand what's happening here?
Pattrick Smellie
References to Topham Guerin in the original version of this article have been removed.What is the government's current greatest political Achilles heel going into this election?Covid mismanagement. Hence the de-platforming last week of Health Minister David Clark - an arguably overdue action that lanced a nasty boil where the government works ceaselessly  for an unblemished complexion.What is the National Party's greatest Achilles heel going into any general election in recent times?Accusations of dirty politics.Somehow rookie MP H...

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