If National wins ...

[iceman]

Yes winner reading these articles now, one has to suspect there is more to this story than Winnie lets on and the journos probably have all that info.

[fungus pudding]

Suzy on RNZ asked Winnie whether he was being paid the single persons benefit when in a de facto relationship - no answer (apparently this all came to light when his partner recently applied for her pension)

And Winnie kept bringing up the IRD involvement .......weird that is ...hmmm

Winnie must go - another week another casualty

Some will say Nat will benefit if Winnie goes or NZF get less than 5% .......conspiracy theorists having a field day

Surely he deserves the benefit of the doubt. Although the application process would be almost impossible to get wrong, especially for an articulate and clever person, why would he? From all accounts they are a wealthy couple and he drags in good money as a party leader MP. There would be too much to lose when found out. So I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, not that I have any desire to stick up for a plonker like Peters.

[iceman]

Surely he deserves the benefit of the doubt. Although the application process would be almost impossible to get wrong, especially for an articulate and clever person, why would he? From all accounts they are a wealthy couple and he drags in good money as a party leader MP. There would be too much to lose when found out. So I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, not that I have any desire to stick up for a plonker like Peters.

That's exactly how I feel about it too. It simply defies logic that Winston would do something like this purposely, but maybe, just maybe he has had his snout in the trough for too long and feels entitled to whatever he can get. That's why I just do not understand why he doesn't answer the questions and clears this matter up. Would take him all of 5 minutes if it is as he says. Until then, suspicions remain.

[Baa_Baa]

... That's why I just do not understand why he doesn't answer the questions and clears this matter up. Would take him all of 5 minutes if it is as he says. Until then, suspicions remain.

It's all oxygen in an election build-up, as long as Winston can keep this front-page news without committing suicide, he will. Watch him milk it for all it's worth, the longer the show goes on the more you can assume he's squeaky clean.

[Joshuatree]

Yes for winston , any publicity is good publicity ala trump.

[ari]

Winnie would have known, long before 7 years. He said on Tv no one was sure who made the error...well how come he then said, he paid back amount owed PLUS interest! Would that not suggest it was his faullt....

[iceman]

President Macron won with 66% of the vote in May, due to his young fresh approach and good looks, but with no real policies. As early as July a poll showed his star had fallen but still 54% were satisfied with him or at least giving him a chance to prove himself. A new poll out last week shows his approval rating has now fallen to 40% and a record 57% are dissatisfied with him. All talk and no substance. Similar stuff happening in Canada. Hopefully voters and Winston will not allow the same to happen in NZ !!

[fungus pudding]

President Macron won with 66% of the vote in May, due to his young fresh approach and good looks, but with no real policies. As early as July a poll showed his star had fallen but still 54% were satisfied with him or at least giving him a chance to prove himself. A new poll out last week shows his approval rating has now fallen to 40% and a record 57% are dissatisfied with him. All talk and no substance. Similar stuff happening in Canada. Hopefully voters and Winston will not allow the same to happen in NZ !!

Winston won't care about anything other than what he can extract for Winston.

[BlackPeter]

Winston won't care about anything other than what he can extract for Winston.

Didn't he say that he is not going for the baubles of office before he negotiated a nice post with great perks in the 2005 government? Our Winnie is so credible - isn't he?

[fungus pudding]

Didn't he say that he is not going for the baubles of office before he negotiated a nice post with great perks in the 2005 government? Our Winnie is so credible - isn't he?

Quite right. Baubles don't interest him in the slightest, cos he's said so. Taking 5 weeks to decide whether to support National or Labour was simply for the good of the country. Those nasty rumours that he was trying to get the role of P.M. were just nasty rumours - cos he said so.