I wouldn't blame you, I'd just blame you

The Minions were out last week, and over the weekend, test-driving the "He didn't fart, Roger Grimes farted" excuse.

Now He Himself is taking it out for a spin. Cleverly couched, too. "I don't blame you, I just blame you":

You were in Cabinet at that time. I do not blame you for not knowing that, under any circumstances, and if that was not conveyed to you or to your government - and you were the Minister of Fisheries at the time - but if that was not conveyed to your government, or to your Cabinet, or to your Premier, then he or any of the members in there are not responsible because they simply did not know.

These problems were happening then. These problems go all the way back to 1997, when the Tobin government was in.