New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff has effectively been sacked by Foreign Minister Winston Peters over remarks he made at a Chatham House event in London this week.
Goff had attended an event at which Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen was speaking, and the two discussed how Finland was able to maintain peace on its border with Russia.
Goff said he had been rereading a speech by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1938, after the Munich Agreement.
“He turned to Chamberlain,” Goff related, “And he said, ‘You had the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, yet you will have war.’ President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?”…
New Zealand’s UK Envoy Sacked Over Jibe at Trump During Event
