David Farrar last week posted an item on Kiwiblog headed “Jacinda should appoint Helen Ambassador to the US.”
He noted that Helen Clark once ran New Zealand. She then went on to run the UN Development Programme.
“Now her main activity seems to be picking fights with Eden Park.
“She’s obviously bored and needs a job. To spare us the daily headlines about what Helen has tweeted on any issue, I propose Jacinda gives her a decent job to keep her busy.
“Why not Ambassador to the US? They are huge on hierarchy so nothing works better than a former PM. She gets to be called Prime Minister Clark for her duration there”.
Here at Point of Order, we don’t think Foreign Minister Winston Peters would agree with Farrar on this. Continue reading “Find a post for Helen Clark, by all means – but in London rather than Washington”