They must have forgotten that after the 2017 election, and in spite of then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s high rating, National was either more popular or only slightly less popular than Labour in poll after poll.
It was only after Covid struck and National MPs lost their discipline and got panicked into unsuccessful leadership changes that the party’s support dropped.
When it was obvious National didn’t deserve to win in 2020 many who might have voted for that party or Act voted for Labour as a lesser evil than a Labour, Green, Te Pāti Māori coalition.
Labour has admitted it wasn’t ready to govern in 2017 and it showed it still wasn’t ready to govern well after the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, National had a successful leadership change. Christopher Luxon restored caucus discipline and focus and ensured MPs were ready to govern after the 2023 election.
A new government usually gets a honeymoon. The coalition didn’t.
This was partly due to too many in the media who were unhappy with the result who allowed their bias to show in what and how they reported. Some are still doing that.
It was also due to the mess created by Labour taking longer and being harder to clean up, leaving too many people still not feeling better off.
Recovery has started most notably in the south largely due to farming and tourism, but the economic rebound and benefits it brings hasn’t yet spread far enough.
Disgruntlement with the government because of that is understandable.
Growing support for Labour, and its leader is not.
At least not for anyone whose memory isn’t short enough to have forgotten how bad the last government was and the major part that Chris Hipkins played in its many mistakes.
It won’t be trusted to govern alone again and if it was so bad by itself, how much worse would it be in partnership with the radical left and racist Greens and TPM?
Dare we hope that those who have forgotten who is responsible for the country’s high debt, the steep increase in spending with little or no improvements in services and infrastructure and their many other mistakes will have their memories jolted before next year’s election?
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
Labour has admitted it wasn’t ready to govern in 2017 and it showed it still wasn’t ready to govern well after the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, National had a successful leadership change. Christopher Luxon restored caucus discipline and focus and ensured MPs were ready to govern after the 2023 election.
A new government usually gets a honeymoon. The coalition didn’t.
This was partly due to too many in the media who were unhappy with the result who allowed their bias to show in what and how they reported. Some are still doing that.
It was also due to the mess created by Labour taking longer and being harder to clean up, leaving too many people still not feeling better off.
Recovery has started most notably in the south largely due to farming and tourism, but the economic rebound and benefits it brings hasn’t yet spread far enough.
Disgruntlement with the government because of that is understandable.
Growing support for Labour, and its leader is not.
At least not for anyone whose memory isn’t short enough to have forgotten how bad the last government was and the major part that Chris Hipkins played in its many mistakes.
It won’t be trusted to govern alone again and if it was so bad by itself, how much worse would it be in partnership with the radical left and racist Greens and TPM?
Dare we hope that those who have forgotten who is responsible for the country’s high debt, the steep increase in spending with little or no improvements in services and infrastructure and their many other mistakes will have their memories jolted before next year’s election?
Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.
1 comment:
Great article Ele.
Now we're on the road to recovery, isn't it time for the Luxon government to let us know where taxpayers $200b went and who benefitted?
We certainly didn't!
How has Ardern tripped around the world for 2 yeats whilst working a voluntary job?
Where does the Clark foundation get its money from?
Why haven't Labour Minister's been held to account after being caught funnelling tax payer money into relatives enterprises?
Recent revelations about Obamas support of, and links to, a large Chinese money laundering bank go some way towards explaining obamas mysterious riches.
So come on Mr Luxon, show us who got our money?
Otherwise it will be rinse and repeat when the Clark advised McAnulty gets his hands on the purse strings.
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