Season 1, Episode 6: Breakup
The Lange-Douglas relationship frays further as the prime minister pulls the pin on a flat tax package. Douglas is furious as Lange declares it’s time for radical reforms to pause and calls for a “cup of tea.” The two Beehive offices go to war until something gives
Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government
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Show Notes
The Lange-Douglas relationship frays further as the prime minister unilaterally pulls the pin on a flat tax package signed off by cabinet. A furious Douglas flies back from Europe, but the split only deepens, as Lange declares it’s time for radical reforms to pause and calls for a “cup of tea” and the two Beehive offices go to war, with Douglas loyalists putting the blame on Lange’s lover, Margaret Pope. Something has to give, and soon it does.
New and exclusive interviews with Roger Douglas, Stephen Mills, Richard Prebble, Geoffrey Palmer, Hekia Parata, Gary McCormick and Margaret Wilson.
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