The first showdown between new National leader Judith Collins and the PM at question time yesterday was a bit of a damp squib wasn't it?

I was expecting full strength Judith Collins, but we got a diluted version.

I heard she kept on Muller's leadership team and I hope that's not the reason why we're getting a watered down version of her in the House. I hope she's not listening to those advisors or taking their advice.

I think we can all agree whatever message they're dishing out, is ineffective.

Or maybe she was distracted by the Falloon scandal.

She came in for a lot of criticism yesterday for not acting fast enough on that, but I don't buy it.

The timeline on this shows the first complaint regarding the University student, went to the Prime Minister’s office last Wednesday apparently.

The PM’s office didn’t tell the PM at this point. They told her chief of staff.. the following day – Thursday.

Her chief of staff didn’t tell the PM, until Friday.

So the PM's office sat on this for 2 days themselves.

The PM passed it on to Collins office late Friday.

Collin’s office didn’t tell Collins, until Saturday.

At that point Collins made the call she wanted to deal with it face to face, so she waited until Monday, at which point she confronted Falloon in person.

She had his resignation that same day.

(He went on to resign from parliament the following morning.)

So.. was that slow? Or fast?

It's ironic the Labour Party alleges it's too slow - show me the time they've ever acted immediately on anything.

Jacinda Ardern, who said she wouldn't comment on it any further because it was a matter for the National party, couldn't help but comment and said that, she "would have moved immediately”.

Are you kidding?

As immediately as she acted on the Labour party summer camp scandal, or Clare Curran, and David Clark.. who in the end had to sack themselves because she wouldn't, or Meka Whaitiri, who needed a review or a QC or a committee of consultants engaged before the party could act.

Immediate action is not in the Labour party's playbook, so that was a bit rich.

48 hours is not long at all to act here.

This was a sensitive and tricky situation handled delicately and quickly.

And whether you think that 48 hours is slow or not, we got a result.

She acted, he’s gone.

No committee or consultants needed. It didn't cost us the taxpayer a cent.

In fact we saved money with his wages now that he's gone.

She dealt with him in 48 hours, you have to give Judith Collins credit for that.