Why did English lie? Why did English not front-up to
his old boss John Key, was he scared or simply being a chicken?
“The clandestine taping of an
employee by Government MP Todd Barclay has resulted in a secret payment from former Prime Minister John Key’s leader’s budget
to make the issue go away”.
Melanie Reid
Melanie Reid is Newsroom's lead current affairs and
investigations journalist, she went on to write:
“Current
Prime Minister Bill English knew about the payment and the bugging — and
National Party board members and the Parliamentary Service also knew about the
secret recordings.
Barclay’s
former electorate agent Glenys Dickson was paid the hush money after learning
of the dic-taphone left running in the Gore office and then engaging an
employment lawyer.
Police who
investigated whether illegal recording had occurred closed the case without
being able to speak to Barclay and without seeking search warrants to obtain
the dic-taphone or transcripts from the office or his home”.
I don’t think we may ever find out just why Key
shut English down and ordered the payment to Glenys Dickson [pictured]… but
I’ve no doubt it was to protect Key from exposure to a police investigation
after Key forced the police to investigate a photo-journalist who without
permission recorded his PR public chat to wee John Banks the then ACT leader…
The police at the time suddenly raided Radio
NZ, TV three and TV One’s studios in an effort to stop the Banks Key
conversation becoming public.
Commentators at the time stated that this was
clearly Key using his so-called power to stop the truth coming out. Remember
Key had already replaced the GCSB boss with his own man and later made the
dumped ex GCSB boss governor-general.
Melanie Reid Newsroom's lead current affairs
and investigations journalist, she went on to write
“Conversations thought to have
been recorded included sensitive health issues raised with Dickson by women
constituents.
Barclay, the MP for
Clutha-Southland and Parliament’s youngest MP have repeatedly sought to
downplay allegations that he secretly recorded Dickson.
However, a Newsroom investigation into the MP’s
conduct — including an interview with Dickson, speaking publicly for the
first time since her resignation — has produced new information about the
first-term National MP.
- Barclay denied to members of
his electorate there had been recording of Dickson, and about being approached
by police.
- English knew Dickson had been
recorded by Barclay and spoke to her about it, despite telling media he had not
been directly involved in any discussions.
To listen to and watch Newsroom’s brilliant coverage go to: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/06/19/34825?slug=the-politician-the-police-the-payout
Seriously I really cannot find any logical reason for English to lie or
deny what took place unless it was to cover for his old boss, who often lied
his way out of damaging situations for example the ‘Hair pulling saga’. Maybe
English agreed to cover Key’s backside so long as Key supported his [English]
becoming leader of the National Party.
We must not forget that English was the worst ever beaten leader [21%]
and Key simply detested ‘losers’.
Of course the fact that a big headed tobacco salesman is pulling out of
politics is no great loss…I mean honestly who has ever heard about Todd
[Phillip Morris] Barclay…The truth is that the deep-south electorate Clutha-Southland
is so true blue National that if a two headed goat stood for them it would win
with a massive majority.
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