Hapless Hipkins in perspective as Opposition leader - guess we could actually feel sorry for him except that he is a nasty character and has a personality dis-order (he thinks he is competent when he is Mr 'Spray & Walk Away').
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins looks mostly at sea in his role as Leader of the Opposition.
The scope and speed of change is leaving much fertile ground a lively Opposition could productively exploit and cultivate. With the Greens still distracted by their own internal problems and Te Pāti Māori becoming increasingly introspective, there is an immense opportunity for Labour to fill the void. However, the embittered negativity of its current most prominent spokespeople, and the perhaps still shell-shocked silence of the rest, mean it is unlikely to be able to do so with any credibility anytime soon. Hipkins needs to lead the charge in making Labour relevant again, but so far seems to have few capable troops behind him.