Every Friday morning, Mike Hosking takes you through the big ticket items of the week and lets you know what he makes of it all. 

Here's a taste of what he reckons.

Iain Lees-Galloway.

0/10.

"Not just because he cocked it up, but because he cocked it up, and then tried to defend it, didn’t man up, and do the proper thing and walk.

No competence and no dignity. It’s a dreadful combination."

Shaun Johnson. 

8/10.  

"It should have never ended this way. But sometimes things are what they are.

But he made a brilliant impact. When he was good, he was as good as it got.

This 24 year long fan wishes him well."  

Sir Michael Cullen. 

4/10.

"Sir Michael said a capital gains was too hard, and now he doesn’t.

So yes, he's under pressure from the government, and yes we'll be going to an election campaign with new taxes." 

Santa Sacking.

1/10. 

"Getting sacked for saying you wouldn't employ a woman as Santa is getting sacked for stating the bleeding obvious. 

And a tragic reminder of just how pathetic some debates and movements have become." 

Brendon Hartley. 

7/10.

"He was treated poorly, but it was hardly a shock. 

And he's right in his message, the stuff that gets you down should make you stronger, and that’s how winners and champions are made."

Julie Anne Genter and her Bike Programme. 

3/10. 

"$26 million wasted. It's not a government's job to buy us bikes.  

And it's not a government's job to teach us to ride them.

And it's not a Minister's job to wander down memory lane to a bygone era, and waste our money doing it." 

Black Friday sales. 

8/10.

"You can't argue with stats and records, we spent it up like absolute drunks. 

So life must be pretty good eh?" 

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