I mean being told to do something six times was already a lot, but to then find out it was in fact 12 times; come on.
As the Nat’s Nicola Willis said yesterday, she sometimes has to ask her 13 year old son to do things 5 or 6 times; but 12 times? That’s next level.
This is a cluster that Chris Hipkins can no longer ignore. Shifting $13,000 worth of shares is not that hard, let’s be honest. And you can’t argue you forgot when you got reminded about it 12 times.
The PM must be so fed up with this Cabinet. I mean the state of it. Michael Wood, Stuart Nash, Meka Whaitiri, the Jan Tinetti saga, the Kiri Allan saga. Too many sagas, too many shambles and all too close to the election.
Luxon said the wheels are coming off this Government, I’d argue they’re already off.
It’s a clown car with wheels rolling around in all directions and the wheels are just hitting them all in the face now. Hipkins needs to salvage this somehow, he needs to look strong and decisive and managerial, he already let this whole thing loll around far too long - all weekend not dealing with it, he was too slow to even ask questions.
And by the time he started asking questions, more was coming out and it was getting worse and worse, the hole was getting bigger and bigger.
Here's the thing. We deserve better. Voters gave these guys the biggest majority ever to run this country, and look what they’ve done with that. Run it into the ground. Made a mockery of their time in office, bumbled, fumbled, lied, obfuscated, and in Michael Wood’s case, arrogantly assumed they’d get away with it all.
The ultimate notice will be served to this government on October 14th, but in the interim, they just have to do better, they just have to stop this shambolic rule breaking misleading circus act they’re currently putting on.
It’s funny isn’t it how people and polls and pundits are so focused on the Chris v Chris show. You know, Chippy from the Hutt with the sausage rolls versus flat old Luxon who looks a bit corporate and a bit boring.
Well, the reality is, look at their teams. Look at who’s around them, look at what sort of government you’re having run the place. Look at whose handling the baubles of office, holding the purse strings and managing the country efficiently and honestly. Are you telling me it’s these guys?
It’s Michael Wood and it’s Willie Jackson and it’s Jan Tinetti and it’s Ginny - ‘what Police operation?’ - Andersen? I mean come on. We deserve better.
I don’t care how many sausage rolls Chris Hipkins eats, that’s not how we should be voting.
Act’s David Seymour says in the interests of fairness and trust in public officials, it’s untenable Wood can stay on. Concealing a public interest, as Seymour pointed out, is banana republic behaviour and something we can’t accept.
I mean I know the bar’s already too low in this country with this Government, but we can’t possibly lower it even further.
The only honourable and appropriate thing to happen now, is for Michael to be sent into the Woods.
Kate Hawkesby is a political broadcaster on Newstalk ZB - her articles can be seen HERE.
5 comments:
While I agree with the above, I can't imagine voting for a National lead government.
I sense that they would be into asset sales asap, tax adjustments for the wealthy and pruning public services as hard as possible. In other words shafting and grafting everything as usual. I can't imagine more resources will be supplied for mental health services so that police can be freed up to work more visibly in communities. I can't imagine nurses or health services being more supported. I can't imagine there will be a discussion about the right type and level of immigration or any politically monumental turn around in making housing for people and not for profit. And who will stick it to the banks? Absolutely no-one so the next great migration to Oz has already resumed.
It's looking hopeless in NZ but I will vote for Winston. He has always had a consistent message and his politics are sound.
MC
Must be the old 'what's in it for me' winnie KoolAid effect.
I'm afraid I cannot see Hipkins suddenly developing any sort of spine and sacking Wood.He is equally incompetent as seen by all the port folios he has held and they have all turned to custard. Even if he was to remove the incompetent ministers, what is he to replace them with. He is now down to asking for volunteers and there is nobody of any substance in his government. He's had his day and blew it. He should follow Nash, Allan, Whaitiri, Tinetti,Wood, Mahuta, Jackson, Davis, Williams et al out the door.
Anon 7:22 , Winston put this incompetent mob of racists into power after they came second to National in 2017. He chose Ardern because he hates Bill English and a $3 billion slush fund for himself and Shane Jones to enrich Northern Maori. Now you want to put New Zealand's future into the hands of a person who would sell out the majority of NZ voters? Kiwialan.
I agree but rhis new term govt is more about gettibg rid of Kabour and maori. The next 3 years will ve repeal and repair, not business as usual. It will be like a landlord that see his property for the first time after squatters have been in situ for 3 years. Thus ekection is about voting out Labour and maori, its a must for the future of democracy and rid governance. up close and seeing the
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