Last Tuesday week a non-descript politics lecturer Chris Wilson joined in the nonsense being written about the pressure on Jacinda through social media abuse and death threats. Specifically, he claimed in the Herald it was massively higher than other prominent political figures copped.

Believe it or not, a Scottish dictionary published nearly 200 years ago has two entries for the word Trump. They are,

Trump: “To deceive, to cheat”, and

Trump: “To go off in consequences of disgrace, or necessity”.

Chris Hipkins is copping the standard new PM honeymoon treatment from the media, albeit somewhat muted. It won’t last and the government will be thrashed in October. The only thing which can save it is World War 3 breaking out.