#NZpol No surprise to see who is considered high in the running to replace Rutherford as Luxury Luxon's Chief Press Sec. Smalley, Morton, Malpass, Mutch-McKay. JMM in there might put a wee dent in National's troll army on That Other Site as far as the "LaBouR StoOgE" narrative goes though...

Please let it be Malpass so Stuff can get an actually not Atlas aligned to do whatever his job is called

The fact that they're applying immediately compromises their work as journalists. (But then, most gallery "journalists" treat the job as an audition for this sort of role, not as journalism for the public interest)