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    2021: it’s been biblical

    Dec 19, 2021 4 minutes
    JANE CLIFTON

    The devout are apt to claim at this time of year that the founding purpose of Christmas is neglected – but this is not necessarily true of Parliament.

    This year’s politics has run remarkably true to some of the Bible’s most venerated principles, albeit with a few original twists.

    Take Judith Collins. No greater love hath any leader than that she should lay down her leadership for the love of her party. The Good Book didn’t envisage her two-for-one deal – that of nobbling thine enemy, Simon Bridges, at the same time.

    As the National Party continued to prove that “a house

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