Go Winston!
March 21st, 2004 at 12:24 pm by David FarrarIt is very rare for me to cheer Winston on, but his reported plans to do a private prosecution against Ross Armstrong have my full support.
I am amazed the Audit Office did not refer Armstrong to the Police or SFO. Regardless of the individual policies of each crown entity, the fundamental rationale behind expense claims are they they are to reimburse actual costs incurred, not a mechanism to make money out of.
Somewhat surprised that Rodney Hide didn’t think of doing a private prosecution himself first! Will be very popular with the public I suspect.
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March 21st, 2004 at 1:39 pm
This is a good effort by Winston and will likely keep his profile up whilst his (party’s) fortunes are flagging. Ross Armstrong should have been done by the SFO or Police for triple-dipping and the like – a successful prosecution would go a long way to supporting suggestions of cronisim (he is after all Helen’s mate).
Vote:March 21st, 2004 at 1:58 pm
As I mentioned in my post, he was (note tense) Helen’s mate. Once you reach Helen’s useful by date, you’re own your own – a lesson that an independant staffer at a certain electorate office is about to find out.
Vote:March 21st, 2004 at 2:03 pm
What’s with the cloak and dagger stuff? “An independent staffer at a certain electorate office…”. We want names!
Vote:March 21st, 2004 at 3:43 pm
I think it referring to staff members at Helen Clark’s electorate office who have already been condemned publicly by the PM for using information given to them by persons wanting assistance, to allow a Minister to attack that person.
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