Labour leader Chris Hipkins told his party’s education spokeswoman Willow-Jean Prime she should have responded to attempts the Government was making to brief her on the NCEA change process.
But he doesn’t believe it was unreasonable for Prime to wait to speak with teachers and parents before meeting Education Minister Erica Stanford.
It is absolutely obvious bullsh*t that Prime was waiting to speak with teachers and parents first. They must think people are morons.
If that was the case, she would have responded thanking for the offer, and asking if it can be delayed.
Again if that was the case, Prime would not have ignored three seperate communications over three months from the Minister or her office. She basically ghosted the Minister. It’s appalling rudeness, let alone the stupidity. If an Opposition Spokesperson isn’t even able to respond to the Minister, what are they capable of?
And when she finally did reply, after being told by Hipkins office she had to, she just said no. And this was three or four months after she had been in the role. Had she not managed to meet any teachers or parents by then?
What also makes it ridiculous is the notion, that you would want to remain ignorant of what the Government is doing, while you talk to parents and teachers. If you took up the offer, you would then be able to talk to teachers and parents about the issues, and let their views influence your feedback.
If that was the case, she would have responded thanking for the offer, and asking if it can be delayed.
Again if that was the case, Prime would not have ignored three seperate communications over three months from the Minister or her office. She basically ghosted the Minister. It’s appalling rudeness, let alone the stupidity. If an Opposition Spokesperson isn’t even able to respond to the Minister, what are they capable of?
And when she finally did reply, after being told by Hipkins office she had to, she just said no. And this was three or four months after she had been in the role. Had she not managed to meet any teachers or parents by then?
What also makes it ridiculous is the notion, that you would want to remain ignorant of what the Government is doing, while you talk to parents and teachers. If you took up the offer, you would then be able to talk to teachers and parents about the issues, and let their views influence your feedback.
Asked on Friday whether Labour was being hypocritical by not initially engaging, Hipkins said he believed “consultation involves more than just having a meeting where you tell people what you’re going to do”.
“It actually does involve involving them in the process,” he said before noting he included the likes of National’s Nikki Kaye in his work.
Hipkins knows that isn’t what was offered. His spokesperson was offered multiple times a chance to meet the Minister, meet officials, meet the advisory group, have any questions answered and also explicitly “cross-party collaboration”.
The difference is Nikki Kaye wasn’t an arrogant idiot who refused invitations from the Minister.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
2 comments:
Could it be that be that WJP is far too busy getting the numbers to roll Hipkins and hasn't the time to do her actual job? This might explain the utterly spineless response from the Leader of the Opposition. Or, more likely, is it just even more proof of the uselessness of Labour.
Even if Ms Prime is busy on this issue, she displays the usual Iwi arrogance.
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