Heather du Plessis-Allan: Seymour and Peters are the right men for the job

This weekend marks the last day of Winnie and the first day of David Seymour as the Deputy Prime Minister.

Now, mostly I don't actually care.

I mean, I largely agree with Jim Bolger's assessment and, and obviously, happy 90th birthday to Jim for tomorrow.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: It would be insulting to David Seymour if he isn't given the Deputy PM role

I think David Seymour has reason to be pretty salty if he isn't given the Deputy Prime Minister’s job.

This is not really about whether the job is really a job or whether it's just ceremonial.

The fact is- it is a title. And that title implies seniority, it means whoever gets the Deputy Prime Minister role is the second most senior person in the Government.

Mike Hoskinig: The deputy Prime Minister job doesn’t matter

The deputy Prime Minister debate has begun to occupy the bored.

Who will it be? David Seymour, Winston Peters or Nicola Willis?

As the jobs at the highest level get divvied up there are some jobs to pay attention to and deputy Prime Minister isn't one of them.