This does not help.
Kiritapu Allan has been fired as a Minister after being charged with reckless driving, resisting arrest and driving in breach of alcohol limits last night.
On the face of it she clearly failed the attitude test. This suggests that her decision making was not optimal.
Her recent personal difficulties have been well documented. Parliament is not the sort of workplace that allows you a supported transition back into good health.
National and Act will be like pigs in mud this week.
And rational debate about the future of the country, and how we deal with climate change and child poverty will be obliterated in a process of Wellington centric unpicking of a personal tragedy.
Update: The Police now say that Allan has been charged with careless driving not reckless driving. This is significantly different. Careless use is a fine only offence, reckless driving can involve a jail sentence. This is very sloppy reporting by the police who should know better. And the second charge was refusing to accompany not resisting arrest. Very very sloppy although the decision to fire her is still appropriate.
Further update: It appears that the source of the misdescription may have been Allan herself.
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