National - FFS!

[moka]

I agree with Jacinda that the Opposition should channel their energy into New Zealand’s overall response to this resurgence e.g. encouraging compliance. Unity is important just as it was during the first lockdown, and which Simon Bridges observed.

One reason for Jacinda’s popularity and Collins lower ranking is that Jacinda does not do the petty politicking that Collins is doing now. New Zealanders want a government and leader that puts the best interest of New Zealand and its people first especially in a crisis, not their own party and its re-election first. Parliament is more than a place of politics. It is where the decisions about how the country is run are made. This is not a game, people’s lives and welfare are at stake.

On Wednesday Adern took a dig at the Opposition for its conspiratorial talk, refusing to say another word on the matter. Instead, she asked the Opposition to “channel” their energy into “supporting New Zealand’s overall response to this resurgence”.
She said she wanted “unity” in the response, “there should not be politics in this, it is a resurgence that no-one wanted”.
The statement is partly ridiculous.
Parliament is a place of politics – politicians are political. Collins and her party think they could do a better job of managing the outbreak, and they’ve got every right to make that case to New Zealanders.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...itutional-game

[iceman]

That statement is ridiculous because the PM herself has politicised COVID for her own advantage.

[artemis]

That statement is ridiculous because the PM herself has politicised COVID for her own advantage.

Including telling the country it's a covid election.

[dobby41]

Including telling the country it's a covid election.

Like scaremongering that we should keep some masks handy for when it comes back.
Oh, hang on, it did.

[Balance]

Like scaremongering that we should keep some masks handy for when it comes back.
Oh, hang on, it did.

That’s because they knew community transmission was taking place - the gaping hole in the border to keep out the virus was exposed for everyone to see and blown apart on Tuesday night.

[Zaphod]

Winston stating he knew at a time earlier than Jacinda does not look good. That alone makes her look either a leader left out of the loop, or a liar. Probably the former, hopefully not the latter.

[Blue Skies]

Judith Collins floundering when held to account for misinformation being peddled by their deputy & herself, on RNZ 'no nonsense' Kim Hill this morning.
Nikki Kaye, Bill English, Chris Finlayson, Amy Adams etc would be rolling their eyes at the desperation & degeneration of their party.
And frankly its not good for NZ to have such a hopeless stumbling opposition in this crisis.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/progr...laims-nonsense

[Balance]

Judith Collins floundering when held to account for misinformation being peddled by their deputy & herself, on RNZ 'no nonsense' Kim Hill this morning.
Nikki Kaye, Bill English, Chris Finlayson, Amy Adams etc would be rolling their eyes at the desperation & degeneration of their party.
And frankly its not good for NZ to have such a hopeless stumbling opposition in this crisis.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/progr...laims-nonsense

Worse having a government of incompetents putting all of NZ at risk - first the quarantine debacle, now the community transmission debacle.

NZ may not be so lucky second time round.

[bullfrog]

Didn’t like the implication from national that labour / AB were hiding Covid facts from us, they don’t need to play that game, the nats should be running rings around labour with policy announcements, and shocking people with the financial state of the country.

While labour are distracted, hit em with the economy, don’t go trumpy about the guy who’s got his face on our tea towels. If we loose confidence in him, we’re all f**ked.

[Joshuatree]

Yes its so so so sick and low and trump like.And its been pumped out to all on facebook etc etc, many are sucked in especially young people and it quickly morphs into a reactive hate thing and its fake. The National party is prepared to take us all down the toilet then influence us with an old electric toilet brush as well as empowering the real lunatic fringes

Watching New Zealand getting red-pilled