The Dom Post has made quite a bit of a story today about Bill English’s crown car and security car illegally parking in Wellington while the Finance Minister has a haircut. I would actually cut English a bit of slack on being driven the couple of blocks to have his locks chopped in this case as he was suffering from a painful back injury this week. But there is no need for his cars to stay parked illegally and using space reserved for people with disabilities.  Its not that hard for the cars to find somewhere else to go. And is it really necessary for the Diplomatic Protection Squad to even be there anyway?

But two questions arise. With due respect to Bill he mostly looks, as my mother would say, as if he has been dragged through a hedge backwards. Is he really getting value for money here? And are there really no good hairdressers in Dipton, I mean that is where Bill lives isn’t it?