On his final day as Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters used sizeist language in the debating chamber reportedly saying "Throw fatty out" in reference to Gerry Brownlee.
National Leader Simon Bridges spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay about the incident, saying he thinks there may be double standards going on in Parliament when it comes to Peters.
"If you'd had Bill English say that about someone on the other side you could imaging the uproar for days and days and days. I do think we in this country hold Winston to a slightly lower standard on these sort of things."
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