Phil Goff sacked as NZ’s high commissioner to UK after criticising Donald Trump

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has moved quickly to sack Phil Goff as high commissioner to the UK, after he took a jab at US President Donald Trump.

Just hours after being made aware of Goff’s critical comment, Peters had declared that he was no longer fit to be New Zealand’s representative to the UK. The decision followed questions from The Post’s Luke Malpass on the comments on Thursday morning.

A spokesperson for the foreign minister issued a statement, saying that the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Bede Corry, had been tasked with finding a new high commissioner for London.

Goff’s fast dismissal came after he questioned whether Trump had a good grasp of history, and drew a parallel between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the surrender of part of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.

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