Echo Chamber: As English is made official, a ‘certain politician’ tests its limits

Echo Chamber: As English is made official, a ‘certain politician’ tests its limits

This week in parliament: the PM drew a line in the sand over a promising up-and-comer, and things only got worse for a ‘certain politician’. Plus, for the first time ever, you can now legally read this column in English. The hubbub the prime minister created in the Beehive theatrette on Monday afternoon caught him by surprise. The formula for Christopher Luxon’s post-cabinet press conferences is usually as follows: spend five minutes announcing …