Ele Ludemann: Postponing debate smart move

Yesterday’s debate on the Privileges Committee’s recommendation to suspend three Te Pāti Māori MPs was going to be protracted and ultimately pointless.

TPM and the Green Party planned to filibuster and while Labour said it wouldn’t follow their example, it was unlikely to support the motion.

There would never be a good time for this waste of time and taxpayers’ money and it would have been worse in Budget week.