Judith Collins
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Oct 2, 2026
Craig McCullochHOST
if you add National and Labor together, th- which is a record low on that One News YouGov poll.
Craig McCullochHOST
For context, 28% is what National was polling at when Judith Collins was leader at the point of her implosion.
Tim WatkinHOST
Yeah.
Craig McCullochHOST
Uh, it is, it is basically back where Labor was, as- Labor was on, on election night.
Craig McCullochHOST
56% between them, if you add National and Labour together, which is a record low on that one news variant poll.
Craig McCullochHOST
For context, 28% is what National was polling at when Judith Collins was leader at the point of her implosion.
Craig McCullochHOST
It is basically back where Labour was on election night.
Craig McCullochHOST
Labour was a little bit below that.
Jo MoyerHOST
former campaign chair didn't know what the purple vote was and i just about fell off my seat you know you have to explain these things apparently
Craig McCullochHOST
56 between them if you add national and labor together which is a record low on that one news variant poll For context, 28% is what National was polling at when Judith Collins was leader at the point of her implosion.
Craig McCullochHOST
It is basically back where Labour was on election night.
Craig McCullochHOST
Labour was a little bit below that.
Paul BarlowGUEST
Yeah.
ChewieHOST
Do you remember when it was Judith Collins fighting to stay leader at 30%?
Paul BarlowGUEST
Yeah.
Paul BarlowGUEST
She got rolled at 28.
Martyn BradburyHOST
The level of disproportionate punishment made Israel look reasonable.
Martyn BradburyHOST
Now, the political power of Judith Collins has been buried face down with the state through her heart.
Martyn BradburyHOST
Can you acknowledge the disgracefully disproportionate punishment she meted out?
Gerry BrownleeGUEST
First thing I should say is that I'm given your outburst at the beginning there, expressing what you might or might not want to do.
Martyn BradburyHOST
Both of them were very close to us.
Martyn BradburyHOST
Thank you, Gerry.
Martyn BradburyHOST
Prior to Judith Collins' disgraceful abuse of power, the co-popper of the Privileges Committee was always to make decisions unanimously.
Martyn BradburyHOST
which it had until Judith went rogue over the haka.
DaveHOST
But
DanHOST
it's also the opponent was Judith Collins.
DanHOST
But it would have been if Bill English had somehow managed to fucking keep his opinions to himself and Winston Peters had had a few too many drinks.
DanHOST
Maybe if he'd been Prime Minister during COVID, he would have had the podium and he'd have got elected in 2020.
DaveHOST
would have been seen as competent.
DaveHOST
Yes, but he...
DaveHOST
Definitely couldn't probably be running against Judith Collins.
DaveHOST
No. Yeah.
Alex MartinHOST
In 2005, in 2005, oh, 2006, I think, rather, his first book, The Hollow Men, ended up with Don Brash resigning.
Alex MartinHOST
And his second book in 2014, Dirty Politics, ended up with Judith Collins resigning as the Minister of Justice.
Eve McCallumHOST
But it didn't affect the government, though.
Eve McCallumHOST
No, it didn't.
Colin PeacockHOST
strings and what's going on.
Colin PeacockHOST
Well, the verdict of several political pundits this week once they digested the book was that this was not likely to have the same sort of political impact as The Hollow Men, which subsequently shortened the National Party leadership of Don Brash in 2006, or Dirty Politics in 2014, which led to Judith Collins losing a role in Cabinet and apologies in court from lobbyists and bloggers who'd used smear tactics for money.
Colin PeacockHOST
It also drew mea culpas from some in the media for using the likes of Cameron Whale Oil Slater as a source of news and information without acknowledging or even understanding the vested interests at play.
Colin PeacockHOST
But this time, some commentators said there's no smoking gun in dirty work, like there was in the direct link between the Prime Minister's office and attack bloggers in dirty politics, or the secret source of finance and political support from the Brethren, which was revealed in the Hollow Men, and had been denied firmly by the National Party leadership before that.
Toby ManhireHOST
was quite impactful dirty politics i thought i mean it did you know whether or not you think it moved the election in that year in 2014 it certainly It certainly permeated the conversation.
Toby ManhireHOST
It led indirectly to Judith Collins losing her job for a period of time.
Toby ManhireHOST
She was later vindicated.
Toby ManhireHOST
But I mean, this one, I mean, it's interesting the way it's responded.
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Ben ThomasHOST
The Taxpayers Union was one of them.
Ben ThomasHOST
But I think the way Haga sort of suggests that somehow this germ evolved within the taxpayers union and that made national who had never considered this before, which just isn't true.
Ben ThomasHOST
Judith Collins, when her leadership was really struggling in the year after the election, before she was deposed, she had gone after Hapuapua and quote, quote, quote, unquote, co-governance.
Ben ThomasHOST
It just, the causality just isn't there.
Tim MurphyHOST
Jordon Williams is a nobody to most people.
Tim MurphyHOST
Um, so it just didn't carry some of that kind of impact of a Don Brash or a Judith Collins or some of those people who were active in the other books.
Sam SachdevaHOST
I, I do wanna say very briefly, I think there are some threads that should and will be teased out on this.
Sam SachdevaHOST
So, um, we haven't talked about it-
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