National actually ruled out winston , so he listened to them.
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Yep fair enough, accept for the first bit of your post you just made up. If you tone down the wide sweeping insults your posts might actually gain some respect. I know like the scorpion it's in your nature, but perhaps just ask yourself, am I repeating over & over what's constantly whirring around in my head...
Anyway it was NZTA that recommended the Government look into the tunnel, so they obviously think it's worth considering.
Meanwhile, still plenty of squealing, whinging, chest beating and cries of contrived outrage by Labour, their collusive communist mates in the CTU and various woke leftists (especially in the MSM) about the job cuts in government departments and agencies.
But zero scrutiny about how Labour added 16,000 more civil servants to make everything worse for NZ in the last 6 years!
Here's an excellent opinion piece on why the 16,000 more civil servants made things worse for NZ and why there needs to be even deeper cuts than what have been made so far.
Basically, plenty of governments departments and jobs created to duplicate existing government departments and jobs in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion - especially to incorporate the Treaty & minority groups.*
https://thebfd.co.nz/2024/04/18/the-...et-that-wasnt/
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion might better be described as Divide, Exclude and Inflame religious and community tensions.
Lack of funding wasn’t a consideration for the previous Labour Government and the new coalition Government hasn’t yet got its head around the unknown number of bull**** departments established during the Ardern-Hipkins regime, still soaking up government funding. They aren’t going to raise their heads above the parapet and shout “Pick me!” during the government’s current cost cutting process, nor are they going to voluntarily become accountable.
* Read the job advert in the article above and weep for NZ. Then, get ready to move to Australia if you are a young university graduate with the world ahead of you. Don't waste time in NZ - it's a lost cause.
Didn’t Seymour rule Winnie out too in the last election?
LOL.
You can rule out whoever you like to talk tough during the campaign, but under MMP that is all just noise when the votes are counted and the realities of doing deals to form a govt come into play.
At that point the public hope egos are put aside for the greater good of the nation.
And much as I dislike his politics, I believe he is the right politician (being a Maori) at this time to put the racist divisive Maori elitist politicians in their place. His put down of the Maori Party clowns at every occasion is a master class display of understated bang on insults, leaving them squirming with no face & place to hide. Well, guess they can always hide behind their tattoos. :t_up: