Labour’s former Revenue Minister David Parker will not say whether he thinks Labour’s GST policy will work, and whether consumers will see the full savings from removing the tax.
Parker would not even say whether he liked the policy. When asked versions of that question, he repeated the same answer four times, “I support the Labour Party policy”.
He supported it, but he did not say whether he liked it, or even whether it would work.
When asked three times whether the policy would work and consumers would see the savings, Parker would only say again: “I support the Labour Party policy.”
He took no further questions and left the stand-up, which had been arranged to mark the passing of two pieces of legislation to replace the Resource Management Act.
Labour announced its tax policy over the weekend, which includes a half-billion dollar pledge to remove GST from fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables.
Most experts question whether taking GST off fruit and vegetables will actually make them much cheaper, with many warning companies will just absorb the difference and fatten their margins.
NZ Herald
That’s hardly a resounding endorsement; more like the type of response when you really think that, given Labour’s polling levels, there is a very good chance that you won’t even get back into parliament.
Other issues too are looming for Labour. Word is that Naisi Chen, the Botany list MP for Labour has also thrown her toys out of the cot. She is currently based around Botany, but was begged by Labour to put her name down for East Coast Bays because Labour can’t get a candidate there and in return she was promised a high list ranking.
And that’s when the trouble began. Labour released their list at the end of July and poor Naisi, the loyal soldier, found out she’d been shanked, listed at number 33. That would leave her stranded by the residing tide of Labour’s poor polling.
She’s chucked her toys, and now Labour has to find two new candidates. The funny thing is that if they can’t find two new candidates then Labour will fail to meet the Electoral Commission rules for full funding of their allocation. Expect some patsy candidates to be out up quick smart in Botany and East Coast Bays.
Loads of Labour MPs are watching their plummeting poll numbers with increasing trepidation. When MPs are nervous silly things start happening.
Isn’t it delicious?
Cam Slater is a New Zealand-based blogger, best known for his role in Dirty Politics and publishing the Whale Oil Beef Hooked blog, which operated from 2005 until it closed in 2019. This article was first published HERE
3 comments:
I am not a Labour voter but have been surprised how poorly Chris Hipkins is performing as PM. There was much I didn't like about Jacinda's leadership but she seemed on top of the job even if I didn't agree with the direction.
Yes it is delicious Cam. I am licking my lips all the way to October 14. I am enjoying the sliding in the polls which will continue downwards for the desperate, lying, conniving, useless, untalented, misrepresented, secretive and slimy Labour Party. They are burnt toast, tainted and to be outcast for many election cycles. I was an active LP member until 2021 when I could not support their neglect and hubris any longer. I now imagine, after 2026, a new era with more of a cross-section of society represented in our politics, hopefully a non-racist one.
MC
I don't think the two had that much separating them on capability it's just that Jacinda had been found out, that fate will come more quickly to Hipkins.
The election is all but sorted unless some silly thing happens, who will follow Hipkins.
My pick is a split between sensible left of centre working folk and the fruit cakes into two parties.
the Green's are a perfect match for the fruitcakes and will join up, but more importantly the old labor party working folk can again return to lobby for distribution etc.
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