Hooton: English struggling to fill predecessor’s media shoes
The new PM is a consummate Wellington insider, but he is letting others set the news agenda.
There is no doubt that Bill English is the consummate Wellington insider.
Twenty-one years since first being appointed to cabinet, the prime minister has unparalleled experience working with the bureaucracy and a network of personally loyal mandarins spread across every department.
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Hooton: English struggling to fill predecessor’s media shoes
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