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Analysis: Perhaps now we'll finally get a Judith Collins' memoir that actually 'Pulls No Punches'.
No question a full account of her storied history in New Zealand politics would make a rip-roaring read, one with high highs, low lows and extraordinary comebacks.
Collins' retirement from politics will close the chapter on a more-than-two-decade stint as one of Parliament's main characters.
"I'm sort of over it," she says of the so-called 'bear pit' at Parliament. "I've done my dash."
You wouldn't think that from Wednesday's media conference, where she displayed her trademark twinkle, dismissing previous scandals as "rubbish" and telling one reporter off for his "naughty" question line.
Collins is one of New Zealand's most formidable and polarising political figures, an MP
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