So the end of the week that was.

As I said yesterday Brett Kavanaugh will be a Supreme Court Justice by Monday. A job for life. One of the 9 protectors of the Constitution, the lodestone of the American democracy. The vote will be 54-45.  No-one will back off the party lines. His decisions have never been overturned by the Supreme Court. He’s a conservative but he’s not the devil.

But yesterday I said he failed the job application because he cracked under pressure. He cried, he whined, he raged, he got matters of law wrong. I called him a snowflake. I got a number of emails and texts getting stuck into me for that. One called me sanctimonious. All said how would I cope under the accusation of sexual harassment.

That’s not the point. Kavanaugh's job is a unique one. At the centre of American law and society. He will face far greater firestorms than this allegation based on vague memories from decades ago. With his vast skill, he should have mounted a better defence of himself that he did. Clarence Thomas went through much more with greater dignity. Brett will need to harden up as he has many enemies.

I want to congratulate the government on their Construction Skills Action Plan. Finally, someone got to the nub of the problems that we’ve had with construction and infrastructure for so long. The government also provides construction with a fifth of their work and so now they’re using their purchasing power to get construction back into line. Whoever pays the piper picks the tune.

They’ve highlighted an industry that doesn’t plan for the future and whose cut throat competition has meant they’ve actually cut their own throat. An industry that makes up a fifth of our economy and hires a quarter of million people but should really be hiring hundred thousand more. I think the productivity constraints in construction is a far greater threat to our financial well being than any government tinkering with labour laws

The government is often criticised for not having a clue about business and driving us backwards. Well yesterday is proof that they’re not without a few tricks of their own. You wonder why something like this didn’t happen years ago.

And finally, I can’t wait for this South Africa test on the high veldt. It should be a cracker. Next year during the World Cup I think we’ll look back at the Wellington loss and realise how valuable it was for resetting the Abs mindset. And I’m so glad for jack Goodhue. I remember a while back plumping for Ryan Crotty. A Sports dude told me I was an idiot. Crotty wasn’t first grade.  He called him a journeyman. A player without the flash. That was exactly what I liked about him. And now that sports dude is running a B and B in Bali. Enuf said. But Goodhue is the same but I think even better.

To have Sonny Bill and Jack Goodhue running at the hearts of the Boks is going to be a very exciting thing to see