IS JOHN KEY really in the running for Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? Well, yes, according to the NZ Herald’s Deputy-Political Editor, Claire Trevett, he is. Upon closer examination, however, Trevett’s story looks a lot more like fake news than real news.
What most readers need to understand is that many within National loath and fear Judith Collins to the extent that there is a ‘Anybody But Crusher’ faction of senior National MPs who believe Collins would get drunk on power and is capable of doing anything with it.
…it should come as no surprise that Key would be lined up for a job at the IMF. His services to American Corporate Power by trying to ram through the TPPA and his mass surveillance loopholes for the NSA mark Key out as a perfect patsy for the Corporate Overlords of the planet.
Malcolm Evans – Anyone But Crusher
You don’t appreciate the hole that Key has left in the National until you look at the cast of mutants who are now vying for his job. National without John Key is like a night out in Hamilton without alcohol or condoms – dull and terribly risky.
As with the death of Princess Diana; Trump winning the Presidency, or (if you’re old enough) the assassination of JFK, you will recall where you were when you heard this sudden, unexpected and gob-smacking public announcement from John Key;
Wow, that’s what it feels like to not have Bill English’s hand up my arse
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This vacant aspiration merchant, this bullying arsehole who saw only mirth in physically touching a young woman in her place of work, this war hawk, this dirty politics operator, this money man who borrowed billions for tax cuts while the poor struggled, this mass surveillance lying neoliberal sellout did one thing and one thing only in his entire 8 year role – what was best for John Key.