Frontline - Five Days in July

Prime Ministers should not stay too long in power. It breaks down their capacity to see reality.

– Hugh Templeton

I think that was the single most important week in that 84-87 government.

– Michael Bassett (Labour cabinet minister)

We were always concerned that Rob would pull the temple down, as it were. Try and do a Samson and we were deeply concerned that this constitutional crisis was designed to that end.

– Hugh Templeton (National cabinet minister)