DARROCH BALL (NZ First): Simeon Brown said something very strange, and I'm still trying to compute it; I'm trying to figure it out. He said that this was a matter of principle—he said this was a matter of principle. Now, what confuses me, and I'm sure it confuses everybody on this side of the House, is whether or not Mr Brown understands the time line of how we actually got to this point. 