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THE REACTION to Judith Collinsâ speech to Nationalâs Northern Regional Conference (1/5/21) was always going to be instructive. It would signal just how seriously Nationalâs opponents took both Collins and her race-based politicking. A flat line on the political seismograph would indicate complete indifference: proof that the National Party leaderâs strategy was out of time, and that she, as Leader, was running out of luck. Were the seismographâs needle to flutter, however, National would know that it was on to something.
And flutter it did. Not wildly, admittedly, but enough to register something large and dangerous shifting deep underground. To give the Prime Minister credit, she was careful to let Collinsâ speech pass without comment. While undoubtedly registering the seismic shock, her instincts told her to pretend that she hadnât. Prime Ministers have surrogates to do that for them. Dutiful as ever, Kelvin Davis let loose the necessary slings a