Winston Cleared, But Too Late?

Winston Peters and NZFirst have been cleared of any wrong doing by the Police.

However, it might be too late to save his skin – the damage may have already been done.

On the other hand, to survive the blitz from the media and the 10 post a day habit from Kiwiblog and still come out just shy of the 5% threshold… There might be some life in the old bastard yet. Although I have no time for NZ Firsts endless immigrant bashing and social conservatism, Mr. Key could have made the blunder of the election by ruling him out before investigations were finished.

If posed with a choice between NZ First and the Greens (who will not work with each other at all, either), I believe Labour would pick the Greens who have grown up a lot and are especially important in these times we face.

So, in all likelyhood he’s probably out on his well-pampered, bauble-draped arse, but Winston is a wildcard and while I wouldn’t miss him one bit, he represents those who give him their vote.