Wendy Geus: Attack Ad Puts Ball in Luxon’s Court

The preoccupied media largely ignored National’s conference in Hamilton at the weekend. Not to worry, Grant Robertson to the rescue, putting the spotlight firmly back on Luxon on the eve of Ardern’s White House visit, with his revealing attack ad on National.

Robertson spent an inordinate amount of time in an interview on morning TV this week trying to defend his move, and inadvertently reinforcing Luxon’s phrase the ‘cost of living crisis’ which he originally denied but now seems to have embraced with fervour and a frowny face.

Leave it to Grant to put National front and centre with their very apt line ‘cost of living crisis’. Luxon sets the agenda and the Government takes the bait.