Bob Edlin: Willis says she has no ambition to be PM

Willis says she has no ambition to be PM – but why not put the question to others with better Mood of the Boardroom rankings?

Herald editor-in-chief Murray Kirkness obviously went fishing for a headline-grabbing declaration from the Minister of Finance that she wants Christopher’s Luxon’s job.

Nicola Willis was too fly for that.

But when you ask questions like those asked by Kirkness, there will be a story – even if it’s a denial.