Parties don’t generally get other parties to stand next to them and hold their hands in an election year just to convince people to vote for them.
Now, having said that, it’s obviously not the first time we’ve seen something similar from Labour and the Greens. You’ll remember that before the 2017 election, Grant Robertson and James Shaw did a similar-ish thing.
They released their Budget Responsibility Rules to try to convince us they could be trusted with the Government’s finances. That was an act of desperation, because they’d been battered by Steven Joyce’s 'fiscal hole' allegations for so long they had to do something.
And just like in 2017, this is an act of desperation, because Chippy knows his biggest problem this time around -trying to get into Government - is convincing voters that his coalition mates are not just a bunch of nut jobs, but can actually be trusted to run the country together.
Which is why he left the Māori Party out of that unity press conference - because that party is chaos on stilts.
The trouble for Chippy, though, is that the Greens aren’t exactly the picture of internal discipline, are they? What with Golriz the thief, Bussy the awkward parent, Darleen the questionable employer, the spate of staff resignations -and that’s not even mentioning the electorally toxic plans to tax us all into poverty.
Chippy is off the mark if he thinks this is going to solve things for him, because the truth is his only realistic path to Government this year is with Winston Peters. Winston has said he’s not going to go with Chippy, but that is still Chippy’s only way back into Government.
And that’s where Chippy should be putting his energy - schmoozing Winston until Winston changes his mind, because Winston changing his mind is not unheard of.
But doing a news conference with the Greens seems not only like a waste of time, but actually an unfortunate reminder to us all that a Chippy-led Government comes with Green-coloured baggage.
Heather du Plessis-Allan is a journalist and commentator who hosts Newstalk ZB's Drive show. This article was sourced from Newstalk ZB.
10 comments:
Heather forgot to mention the Greens attitude to Israel and Jews.
Heather, the greens are gutter rats. Golritz the thief, who can forget that massive oxygen thief 'Bussy Doyle', immigrant exploiter-Darlene Tana, Chloe from the river to the sea Swarbrick and marama only white men commit violence Davidson, just for starters.
If anyone actually investigated these lunatics you would dig up so much more.
Chipkins and these lunatics deserve one another. A case could be made that Chipkins is stupid for wanting to be associated with such whackos.
Unfortunately we are a sad sick country with such a weak spine that there are a good amount of support out there for these incompetent losers.
The real question is how many good people will leave if they get back in? And then, who will keep the country running when there will be just crims , who will all be let out of jail, and pensioners left, who's going to support who?
Heather, in short I think many nzers want a communist government telliing them what to.do. Some of my work colleagues were talking about this new bat virus from India and were saying that they wished the government would lock the borders, and/ or impose lockdowns again. The sheeple are still here. The unions, teachers etc will vote labour as will the indoctrinated school kids, criminals and winz people. All hipkins will have to do is offer free stuff he can't deliver mamdani style to complete the deal. I really hope I am wrong.
Labour's challenge is pretending to distance from TPM when with TPM voters giving their party vote to Labour, TPM are a 7 seat gift to the common insurgency cause. A major problem must be the Labour candidates for maori seats when as contributors to the Party count seat allocation they are not genuinely wanted.
The existing governing system is now obviously catastrophically unsuited to this nation. We can now guarantee steady progress into the third world. Perhaps the sooner we get there, the sooner a more rational, less corrupt process will be developed, and established. And then it may be only 3 or 4 generations to recover a remnant of civilisation, if there is any foundational culture remaining.
Another Labour coalition led government will carry a lot more than some "Green Baggage".
To use the well-worn cliche - It would only be the tip of the iceberg.
A big bloody red iceberg beneath the surface of an abyss.
Representing more than party colours, but that insidious Marxist doctrine. A failed ideology. But to which our previous "Comrade Leader / Aunty" was still able to use well known (but kind?) mob control techniques to successfully beat back freedom and destroy an economy.
Thank you for the reminder.
I only hope there are now enough "deprogrammed" kiwis to vote sensibly, and we avoid another "Titanic" like disaster.
If The People of NZ think they have problems going toward the 7th November, their "looking back" at the Ardern Govt, followed by 'The Caretaker PM' - Hipkins, they should also, for -
- the older generation reflect on past Labour Govts who have sat on the Treasury benches, and the "damage" that was done during their tenure, starting with Roger Douglas, Michael Cullen, Grant Robertson all past Minister's of Finance and during that reflection "speak to power" to everyone as to why Labour should never again become the Govt;
- the Younger Generation, research, speak to anyone/everyone - reflect - "where do you want to go", within NZ across the next 3 years.
If you think my comments (above) are "nuts", then I suggest everyone casts their eyes toward Australia, and the the chaotic situation that has arisen since The People of Australia 'voted' into power the current Labour Govt, simply because the then Govt (Scott Morrison) "just failed to find the pathway going forward", this change of Govt has led to degradation of wealth, jobs, increases in personal spending, price rises, privacy, along with the introduction of a Hate Speech Law, that successive Govts may find hard to remove.
So you do not like Luxon, well the increasing hatred of Albanese is starting to show, but sadly for Australian's they do not have a "potential political party" (irrespective of current media hype) to become the next Govt, here in NZ we do.
Wait - National and Labour may see all this and be planning a coalition of " national unity" - as they will get most of the electorate seats. Of course, both are pro-tribal governance so He Puapua ( the main objective) will advance unimpeded.
The green baggage is obvious. Labour only cares about the watermelons when they can't govern alone - see how quickly they dumped the eco-lunatics when they had a majority. What is more insidious is that labour carries their own labour baggage. They are the enemies of growth and prosperity, and the absolute champions of jealousy and mediocrity. They always have been pro worker at the expense of any compromise. They are socialist scum, and they can be assessed on that alone, not on the left-adjacent arses they choose to lick.
The concept of a Labour-National coalition or agreement to back a minority stand alone govt of either is not unlikely. Indeed it it what the ''progressive'' , fake "liberal'' elements of the uniparties would favour to marginalise the parties they see as dangerous (branded populist, harder line on immigration, Euro-sceptics, more limits over free expression via hate speech laws, etc). Indeed a strong supporter of the uniparty globalists, Hartwich of NZInitiative, has advocated such a deal in a recent column.
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