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# Since When has Telling the Truth Been a Problem in National?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/since-when-has-telling-the-truth-been-a-problem-in-national/
- Published: 2020-11-05T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-17T16:59:37.000Z
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Election 2020, Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

Stuff has an[ article about a National party Regional Chair telling a few home truths](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300147635/election-2020-national-party-regional-chair-attacked-pathetic-todd-muller-leadership-bid?ref=goodoil.news) about one of the reasons why National did so poorly in the election.

> A senior National Party figure has taken down a heated Facebook post in which he described **Todd Muller**’s leadership bid as “pathetic”.  
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> National Party Central North Island chair and Bay of Plenty regional councillor **Andrew von Dadelszen** recently took down a Facebook post in which he blamed Muller’s leadership for costing National the election.  
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> Awkwardly, von Dadelszen is chair of the National Party in the region where Muller is currently an MP.  
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> When approached by *Stuff,* von Dadelszen would not talk about his relationship with Muller. It is very unusual for a party chair to criticise one of their local MPs so publicly and with such strong language.  
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> *Stuff* understands that when the post went up last week it linked to a story in the *NZ Herald* by former Muller staffer Matthew Hooton.  
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> Von Dadelszen said he was not asked to remove the post but took it down on his own initiative. He says it was up for just five minutes but a screenshot seen by *Stuff* suggests it was up for at least six hours.  
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> “I did put it up for 5 minutes, I did not leave it up very long,” von Dadelszen said. “I removed it of my own accord.”

Well that was perhaps his only mistake, taking it down.

I too saw Matthew Hooton’s post on Facebook and wondered out loud just how much cheek he has.

**Matthew Hooton**, as a shill, paid or otherwise worked assiduously to undermine **Simon Bridges**. He often tried to inveigle me into his Machiavellian schemes, but after years of dealing with Matthew Hooton, I know that he is only working for his own ends.

And so it panned out, after working closely with the toxic **Michelle Boag** to undermine Simon Bridges he then ensconced himself in Todd Muller’s office only to watch as the self-proclaimed wunderkind imploded destroying any chance the National party had of making a recovery.

Those six weeks of the ill-fated Muller/Kaye coup were six weeks that could never be got back.

Matthew Hooton was donkey deep in it all, yet he waltzed straight back into his *NZ Herald* column with zero accountability for his actions.

What beggar’s belief is that Muller stuck around. Surely he could have scored another sinecure in a monopoly with a fat pay check?

At least **Nikki Kaye** left with honour and integrity after the “the most decent person she knows” turned out to be a fraud and a shabby little back-stabber with no real ability.

The damage the wets caused National will be felt for sometime.

I hope the review of the party, currently underway, sheets home part of the loss to that crew who collapsed at the first bit of pressure.

**Andrew von Dadelszen** only ever spoke the truth, a lost art inside the National party it seems.

Let’s hope other members speak out to the review team and start to hold others to account, like **Peter Goodfellow** and **Andrew Hunt**.

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