Breaking news – John Key decides to sell the PM’s office.
‘Im sorry,’ he said to an excited bunch of reporters, ‘that’s my decision, I’m quite relaxed about it. I don’t know what’s going on in there, I have no idea what they’re doing, to the best of my knowledge they were just quietly going about my business. Now I discover, to the best of my knowledge, they’re not even working here – all I have to add is the decision is made and it was made peacefully…
‘I’m quite relaxed about it though, the ringleaders are all working somewhere else and one of the somewhere else’s has just cut flights to the provinces. So that gets rid of a few stirrers.
‘To my recollection I didn’t see anyone stepping out of line, yes I know it was the Prime Minister’s office, and I’m allegedly in charge, but I have to have time out sometimes, that is the context, meet up with the President, have a chat in the golf cart, let him win at golf. I’m very relaxed about that.
‘Well – sometimes, to the best of my recollection, I did see J and T on the phone but you don’t ask those who work in the PM’s office who they’re talking to, not in that context.
‘That’s all I have to say at the moment,’ he said, smiling, ‘the decision is made. That’s all I’ve got to say.’
‘Prime Minister,’ said one of the reporters, ‘so you’re confirming the PM’s office is up for sale?’
‘I’m quite relaxed about that. To be best of my recollection and in the context of that particular time, I really can’t say any more. It was a very peaceful resolution, that’s all I’m prepared to say. At this time.
He took a few steps away then turned, smiled, ‘Not to my knowledge,’ he said, ‘so I’m quite relaxed about that.’
Renée
