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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-285/
- Published: 2020-12-15T17:30:44.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-16T19:13:31.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

\[…\] But my gut says she’s going to keep protecting him, based solely on the fact that that is what she always does. She always protects her mates longer than she should.

She protected **Clare Curran** for ages, **Phil Twyford**, **David Clark**, **Iain Lees-Galloway**, the guys at Labour Party headquarters after they kept the **Labour summer sex scandal** from her. And then only got rid of people when it became absolutely untenable to keep protecting them.

And if past behaviour is anything to by she’ll protect **Trevor Mallard** longer than she should, until he basically starts costing them political points, which I think is almost certain given that the opposition will target him next year.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/luke_the_bfd-mallard-baby.jpg)

The BFD. Photoshopped image credit Luke

[Read the full article here.](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/video/heather-du-plessis-allan-pm-happy-to-waste-her-political-capital-protecting-her-mates/?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*