Actually, this guest post never got published because, before we could publish it, Richard Worth would be involved in some new scandal and then he was sacked, which adds a layer of irony to the post:
In a shocking week for the National government, Internal Affairs minister, Richard Worth, failed to cock anything up. He failed to create a conflict of interest by drumming up business for companies in which he is a share-holder while travelling on his ministerial warrant and he also failed to visit the victims of violent crime who’s attacker is related to a personal friend of his.
“I believed myself to have been acting at all times in accordance with the Cabinet Manual,” he explained to a yawning media, “by which I mean that I should be doing my utmost to abuse my position. However over the last week my standards have been shown to be lacking and I have consequently failed to embarrass the government for a change. I have apologised to the Prime Minister.”
Prime Minister John Key said “I think that’s the end of the matter. I believed I’d appointed a corrupt and completely incapable person but it seems I was wrong about that. I’ve told Mr Worth that I expect significantly worse standards and that he is on his absolutely very last & final first & only one-strike-and-you’re-out warning and if he repeats this disastrous week I’ll be warning him again and maybe sending him to bed without any supper.”
-Muntgoat
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