A flying start

This week’s Dispatch from St Johnnsyberg looks at John Key’s flying start to the job. The grades are:

• Best Play of the Week: Tim Groser gets an A for the expansion of the P4 trade agreement
• Worst Play of the Week: Gordon Brown gets a D for the protectionist departure tax, which has nothing to do with climate change – that is just the excuse.
• EFA Breach of the Week: Looks at the Electoral Commission ruling on whether Trevor Mallard broke the EFA by releasing leaked copies of National’s policies.
• Scandals of the Week: The citizenship scandal continues as an A- while the immigration job offer scandal rises from a C to a B-

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