Parliament returned yesterday and with it, the return of Darleen Tana: political disgrace and reprobate.
She was back to "do the mahi" whatever that means. She is not in a party and she doesn’t have an electorate. Who is she "doing the mahi" for?
Chlöe Swarbrick announced she was "incredibly frustrated". Not just frustrated, but "incredibly frustrated".
So what is she going to do? My suspicion is nothing.
I hope I am wrong. I wish I was wrong. I wish these people were a better selection of operators than they are.
The ball is in the Green's court. They are the adults, the employers if you will.
They are the ones who selected Tana, they are the ones who made a mistake, they are the ones who called for the report, they are the ones who found her guilty, at the very least, of being fraudulent in what she said she was and what the report outlined she really was.
It is their job to fix it, for no other reason than I believe Chlöe when she says she wants to take the Greens to a new place.
You are either naive to beat the band or genuine when you tell the world when you arrive as a new leader that you believe you can take the Greens and outshine the Labour Party for the vote on the left.Darleen Tana digs in as MP, Greens to decide on invoking waka-jumping law
If you mean it, you have to act like it. To this point, she hasn’t and she isn't.
Telling us how frustrated you are is child-like, it's petulant, it's baby politics and it’s a word salad.
As I suggested last week, my suspicion is Tana is wanting us to get bored and move on. That way she can vanish for a couple of years, collecting her wage for doing nothing.
Chlöe hopes we get bored too because accountability doesn’t appear to be her strong suit.
So far my suspicion is, sadly, proving to be fairly accurate.
None of this serves us well. Whether you have ever voted for the Greens or not, my expectation is that the country is led by professionals driven by high standards.
In this case, it's less professional and more farce.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
So what is she going to do? My suspicion is nothing.
I hope I am wrong. I wish I was wrong. I wish these people were a better selection of operators than they are.
The ball is in the Green's court. They are the adults, the employers if you will.
They are the ones who selected Tana, they are the ones who made a mistake, they are the ones who called for the report, they are the ones who found her guilty, at the very least, of being fraudulent in what she said she was and what the report outlined she really was.
It is their job to fix it, for no other reason than I believe Chlöe when she says she wants to take the Greens to a new place.
You are either naive to beat the band or genuine when you tell the world when you arrive as a new leader that you believe you can take the Greens and outshine the Labour Party for the vote on the left.Darleen Tana digs in as MP, Greens to decide on invoking waka-jumping law
If you mean it, you have to act like it. To this point, she hasn’t and she isn't.
Telling us how frustrated you are is child-like, it's petulant, it's baby politics and it’s a word salad.
As I suggested last week, my suspicion is Tana is wanting us to get bored and move on. That way she can vanish for a couple of years, collecting her wage for doing nothing.
Chlöe hopes we get bored too because accountability doesn’t appear to be her strong suit.
So far my suspicion is, sadly, proving to be fairly accurate.
None of this serves us well. Whether you have ever voted for the Greens or not, my expectation is that the country is led by professionals driven by high standards.
In this case, it's less professional and more farce.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
3 comments:
Better to have Tana doing her Mahi, aka keeping quiet doing nothing, than to have the next loser on the list coming in doing his "indigi-queer identities and pedagogies" thing aka making noise doing nothing.
When Chloe says 'incredibly' (i.e. to a great degree) I can't help but hear 'incredibly' (i.e. hard to believe she's telling the truth).
I picked up an error in your post Mike.
"They are the adults"
Seriously ?
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