Beehive Diaries: Simon Bridges' confessions, MPs' wayward texts 14 May, 2021 12:29 AM 3 minutes to read National leader Judith Collins on the government's announcement for combatting gangs and organised crime. Video / Mark Mitchell National leader Judith Collins on the government's announcement for combatting gangs and organised crime. Video / Mark Mitchell This week, Minister Ayesha Verrall got into a slippery situation, Simon Bridges wrote enough words to make a book, and Herald journalists got some wayward texts. Sunday: Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall in a slippery situation Ayesha Verrall turned up at a cervical smear clinic in Lower Hutt for her first pre-Budget announcement: funding for self-testing for cervical cancer.