The right is so amusing, when it’s desperate

I must say the political right is providing a lot of entertainment on the Helen Clark motorcade non-issue.

These guys are whipping themselves up into a huge lather trying to show that the person driving a car is not responsible for the speed it travels at. The person responsible, they say, is the one in the back seat.

Here’s their smoking gun:

I could see her, she was seated behind the driver and she was leaning over to her left, more towards the centre of vehicle so she could look ahead. She was looking in my direction past her driver... I don't know if she could see the speedo or not... she was definitely looking in my direction and I was looking at her face in the glimpses that I could see.

She was smiling and appeared to be enjoying the ride is how I would put it. Most definitely aware of what was going on in front of her and around her, and I can't recall her being engrossed in any paperwork.

She was “smiling” and “enjoying the ride”. Golly. Now if only they could prove she was driving the damn car they’d be onto something.

But no, the incident is proof she’s a megalomaniac, says Grant Tyrell.

Waimate police officer Clint Vallender told the court that as far as he was concerned if the Prime Minister wanted to get somewhere it was her privilege.

If she wants to get there, she gets there … as far as I’m concerned it’s her job.

No actually it’s your job, Clint, you and the other police and drivers involved. And it’s your job to obey the law just like everyone else and to take responsibility when you break it. And that's what's happened.