Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[defensivebomb]

This is Hipkins’ “I’m sorry for being a man” moment

 

[Worried2Death]

This is Hipkins’ “I’m sorry for being a man” moment

How's that? Sounds like he's trying to rebrand as a moderate who won't make the unrealistic election promises of recent Labour and Nats govts.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

How's that? Sounds like he's trying to rebrand as a moderate who won't make the unrealistic election promises of recent Labour and Nats govts.

Isn’t the solution to be effective and deliver on you promises rather than promise nothing at all?

Perhaps underpromise and over deliver? Or maybe Labour truely doesn’t have a vision for NZ and will just rely on National losing rather than Labour winning.

By default it seems pretty un-aspirational

 

[defensivebomb]

How's that? Sounds like he's trying to rebrand as a moderate who won't make the unrealistic election promises of recent Labour and Nats govts.

I just think he’s weak. He’s had the remit of Crime (went out of control and oversaw Coster), Education (went downhill), Health (ditto), covid vaccines (“front of the queue”). He had the mandate to deliver the long-vaunted tax revolution, but he couldn’t do it

He has a credibility problem. He’s lowering the bar for achievement, but like Winston said, he’s Poo Midas. It’s not the goal, it’s his ability to execute

On top of that, I have no idea what he stands for. His record is one of non-delivery

At least be aspirational, to win over some of the middle votes. That’s something that Cindy was able to do - get some middle and right-leaning voters to believe in a dream.

 

[Noitall]

I just think he’s weak. He’s had the remit of Crime (went out of control and oversaw Coster), Education (went downhill), Health (ditto), covid vaccines (“front of the queue”). He had the mandate to deliver the long-vaunted tax revolution, but he couldn’t do it

He has a credibility problem. He’s lowering the bar for achievement, but like Winston said, he’s Poo Midas. It’s not the goal, it’s his ability to execute

On top of that, I have no idea what he stands for. His record is one of non-delivery

At least be aspirational, to win over some of the middle votes. That’s something that Cindy was able to do - get some middle and right-leaning voters to believe in a dream.

Thing is you can think all those things about him, yet Luxon isn’t and hasn’t ever been able to capitalise on that with him never swaying from his low preferred pm mantle that’s only ever a smidgen over Hipkins, so we’ve got 2 limp dicks. I would say labour would be fairly buoyant after the last polls to only sit one point behind national and would imagine that it’s in their view to go after the election rather than the seemingly let the government fall over ploy that seemed to be adopted? It was coalition partners that put the current government over line in the latest polls and with such a long time in politics until the election I feel huge amount could play out? Could effect either side too but nothing seems to be detracting from this looking like its shaping up for a close election