Grow a pair, mummy’s boy.
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How is this **** not moderated - the pathetic shot calling needs to stop play the ball not the man
Whatever the colour of your politics, cant help feeling Judith Collins needs and deserves more loyalty and support from her MP's.
She inherited the leadership at the worst possible time, when things were an absolute mess & has done an excellent job salvaging the campaign, much better than expected.
Whether agree or not with her style of politics, she's highly competent with strong debates & media performances, but the continual mistakes, missteps & undermining from her own MP's, so unstabling & damaging.
If you can't manage your caucus you don't deserve to manage the country.
The problem with Judith is that she is polarizing and many in her caucus aren't actually behind he no matter what she says otherwise.
Tough job and she has been sacrificed - poor wee thing.
Not sure, whether this is a Collins related issue. Actually, she did better in the last couple of months than I thought.
The big issue for National is lack of loyalty of its members, lack of discipline and lack of decency in the National caucus. If anybody it must have been Bridges allowing the reigns to slip and who allowed dirty politics and shonky recruitment practises to take over in the party.
While I don't like Collins, one of the main reasons why I voted this time for the other block was a quite shonky, unqualified and undisciplined "team" National is showing up with. Most good people left or are leaving and the newcomers are of absolutely unknown quality at best, but every time anybody seems to show his (or her) colours they look dirty. With one word - National became too trumpesk.
Dirty politics at its worst (well, for NZ) - National stands at the moment for dirty fighting, lack of discipline and for too many of its members trying to mislead the country. Not really the party I want to see in power.
I do hope they manage to clean up their act over the next three years and become electable again. I like to have alternatives - this time there wasn't any credible alternative around.
I agree Judith Collins has done a much better job than expected. The problem is with the party. National have too many factions and they don’t have a shared vision of what they stand for. There were three very different leadership styles and values with Bridges, Muller and Collins.
Interesting that they did not have many policies on their website a few months ago, which really surprised me. Act had policies, and they knew what they stood for. National were wanting the public to tell them what they wanted, and then they would make policies and promises that would get them votes. So reactive rather than proactive. They have lost their way.
Also National has lost so many competent and experienced MPs recently because of this divisiveness.
Moderators finally doing there job - don’t think so they have let the raving lunatic have run of the forum throwing petty insults right and left - can’t imagine knowing someone like that in real life thankfully
I've been seeing a lot of swinging going on here.
All you subservients have to know who the alpha is, hahaha ;)
I agree boysy. What a relief to come on here and find there are no ranting abusive posts. Its a shame it has taken this long as we have lost a number of people who had a valuable perspective to share but have stopped posting because of his personal attacks. I hope they came back. I look forward to some healthy constructive posts going forward :)
National seems to be in full swing of mis-information.
After Ngaro's false accusation on Twyford, Judith still following the line that a vote for Labour or Greens will bring in a wealth tax we have National saying that a road in Otaki will be scrapped under Labour even though they have budgeted it and engineering work is underway.
Despicable.
Well, looks like voters have this time the choice to either pick a Leader or to pick a Misleader.
Should be an easy choice :) ... my money is on the Leader;
Sad though to watch how National degraded from a once respectable and responsible party into a bunch of dirty politickers, though some might say they always have been that way.