Heather du Plessis-Allan: an attack on the Police Commissioner is an attack on the PM
27 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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As Andy Coster is Jacinda Ardern s personal appointment, he is the uniformed, male version of the Prime Minister. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Heather du Plessis-Allan is the drive host for Newstalk ZB and a columnist for the Herald on Sunday
Simon Bridges attack on the wokester Police Commissioner Andy Coster is a 5-star political play. Not only is the police boss fair game but he s opening up a reasonable point of attack on the Government.
It s antiquated nonsense to say that Bridges is out of line attacking a public servant. Public servants as senior as the Police Commissioner are not neutral. They don t get to the top of their departments without being able to play highly political games. The entire public service is highly politicised. They know which side their bread is buttered on from election to election and they adapt accordingly. Much of the dirt