I tend not to read that guy. While he's smart, he's just another writer for hire
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He’s also completely biased against Luxon however stuff’s going to go down.
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I said under Labour that once you people turn off you and you drop in the polls there’s no getting people back on board without a major change.
National are looking knackered next year and MUST change leader.
If they are smart they will do it before the end of the year where they have the positive vibe of summer for a honeymoon period and then the economy will pick up as they head into the election.
As poor as Luxon is with his communication and PR, I believe National are doing a lot of stuff right to fix underlying issues and set us up for sustainable success.
Luxon’s only interested in 1 person & that’s becoming increasingly evident to the public.
Maybe I'm completely blind or not keeping up with the news, but I've been pretty happy with Luxon. None of the alternatives offer anything remotely palatable, so he gets the win by default!
You only have to cast your mind back two years to remember the absolute clusterf*ck that was Labour. The Justice Minister getting arrested FFS. Grant dusting $55b. 3 Waters entrenchment. Golriz getting 5-finger discounts. Covid lotteries for hotels.
The reality is the economy is in such a state because it was strangled too hard by Orr, and it is taking a while to bring it back to life, not helped by Grant
I'm not expecing Luxon to be some sort of Midas. Sometimes you need a leader who is just going to make incremental improvements everyday, however unglamourous they might be. We all know where glamourous got us
You only have to cast your mind back two years to remember the absolute clusterf*ck that was Labour. The Justice Minister getting arrested FFS. Grant dusting $55b. 3 Waters entrenchment. Golriz getting 5-finger discounts. Covid lotteries for hotels.
The reality is the economy is in such a state because it was strangled too hard by Orr, and it is taking a while to bring it back to life, not helped by Grant
I'm not expecing Luxon to be some sort of Midas. Sometimes you need a leader who is just going to make incremental improvements everyday, however unglamourous they might be. We all know where glamourous got us
A disgruntled hack who hasn't got over the Todd Muller debacle which he helped cause
I hope it's his wife,
we've had enough scandal in the last year or so with parliamentarians to last a lifetime.
Should also be careful what we wish for, Taxpayers Union wants a lot harsher austerity than tricky nicky seems comfortable with.
She’s considered to be “too centrist / left” by traditionalist national party supporters
Sort of like applying for the coaching job at the TitansDon't think that Labour with Hipkins is the answer but sure as hell Luxon isn't any better. But who's going to do better. The options are not great
At least Benjamin Doyle has ruled himself out.
Should have resigned when it went public.At least Benjamin Doyle has ruled himself out.
Yeah she’s a waste of space as well
Maybe old school but you would think that to be Finance Minister you would have to have some accountancy/monetary/economics background rather than a degree in Literature or History
Ruth Richardson ffs
And you started a fucking lynch mob with your lies
You can blame the last government for a lot of things but the current economic problems have been caused in a lot of ways by the current coalition. Stopping infrastructure projects, public spending etc.
I would argue some of it was needed given the size of government but it could have been done differently if you wanted less impact on the economy.
Labor were propping up the economy with spending. Some needed for covid, a little good investment, much wasteful.
We should be able to have a conversation and support a government to spend better even if it has a negative impact on some areas of the economy. Too many people think economy good = government good. Sometimes you have to take your medicine.
I think your take is probably the most balanced, and most accurate, I’ve seen for a while
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