They couldn't, in the National Party, run a bath and if either the deputy leader or the leader tried to, Sir Robert would run away with the plug.

Notes from Wikiquote

Referring to the National Party's problems with internal discipline and Robert Muldoon's reluctance to relinquish power.

Source: Heinemann Dictionary of New Zealand Quotations (1988)

Source: A Dictionary of New Zealand Political Quotations (2000)

Source: Heinemann Dictionary of New Zealand Quotations (1988)

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