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    I don't rate Hipkins at all, can't believe the responsibility he has been given, bit like letting a child run a creche.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    A great and accurate post. Labour peed of National by their undemocratic decision to reduce number of selct committee seats witout any consultation and silly Hipkins not taking their calls to disucss their concerns. They got him back quick smart. Josjuatree you should read tthe post above, again if you have to.
    Hipkins is inexperienced as could be seen by this fiasco and his statement the other day that his Government wanted to see what they can do to "square off" people living overseas with student loans. That amounts to Government saying don´t worry about continuing to pay your debt to the country. Incredibly naive.
    Hipkins, aka Chippie, is right out of his depth. And he got the booby prize, education.

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    Jacinda Ardern is leading by example in how a leader should behave not negative and nasty and they are not mucking around and achieving much in this short time so far. For example exposing the typical national lie that it couldn't be done re the ban on foreign buyers lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshuatree View Post
    Effective opposition is healthy. Negative disruptive divisive , spiteful even isn't and kiwis will see this pre election and post election behaviour below the bar for what it is, untrustworthy(labour and nat had an agreement about the speaker) divisive and power hungry above all else, destructive and ultimately self destructive. Thats prob a good thing because they do need to renew and refresh with members who will put their country ahead of themselves, not this largely corrupted and addicted by power and self importance party imo..
    Exactly! We need an effective opposition - nobody is denying that. What we don’t need is a game playing, schoolyard high fiving bunch of bully boys who resort to sarcasm, name calling, and smart alec sniggering when a brand new government makes a few teething mistakes. I have no problem with the opposition holding the government accountable. I expect them to do that, but I don’t expect to see them ridiculing or belittling them constantly for the next three years, or being “anti-everything-Labour-does” just for the sake of it. If they continue to do that they will lose all credibility as an opposition party.

    Jacinda’s speech today was professional, well prepared and to the point. Her only mistake to date is trusting that her opposition will play fair and respectfully. She learned that lesson the hard way. She is not and never has been a “dirty” politician which is one of the reasons she is Prime Minister. NZ is tired of all the bull**** in politics we have seen for a great many years. We are sick to death of watching the “little boys” games. National’s dirty tactics throughout the election campaign pissed a lot of people off and Bill English went down in a lot of people’s estimation because he was dumb enough to be drawn into that.

    National needs to to wake their ideas up and start doing what is right for the country. The election is over. Whether you like it or not this is the government we now have. If National really gives a **** about the country they will pull their woolly heads in, stop throwing their toys out of the cot and get on with the business of being an effective opposition, which by the way, does not automatically mean opposing everything the government tries to do.

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    Video: The touching moment Trevor Mallard holds Labour MP's baby while sitting in Speaker's chair

    This Govt Progressive Inclusive and empathetic. Catching up with the OECD in paid parental leave etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshuatree View Post
    Video: The touching moment Trevor Mallard holds Labour MP's baby while sitting in Speaker's chair

    This Govt Progressive Inclusive and empathetic. Catching up with the OECD in paid parental leave etc.
    Yes and not before time, but watch this space. I’m expecting at least a few “Parliament is no place for babies/breastfeeding” responses to your post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshuatree View Post
    Jacinda Ardern is leading by example in how a leader should behave
    An example of a good leader is having really competent people under her that she can direct to achieve the necessary goals. Its a worry if Hipkins is one of the best she has

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    Quote Originally Posted by justakiwi View Post
    ... and get on with the business of being an effective opposition, which by the way, does not automatically mean opposing everything the government tries to do.
    I think you will find "opposing" things is what an "opposition" does. If you want a partner then you bring them into a coalition. Cindy's made her bed - shes got three years (at best)to enjoy laying in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by minimoke View Post
    I think you will find "opposing" things is what an "opposition" does. If you want a partner then you bring them into a coalition. Cindy's made her bed - shes got three years (at best)to enjoy laying in it.
    First of all her name is Jacinda and she is the Prime Minister so show some respect and call her by her proper name. Whether you like her or not is irrelevant.

    Secondly, nobody with even half a brain believes that an opposition party has to oppose everything a government does. If they did that they would very quickly lose both respect and credibity. Any government - even National, will get many things right so it would be pretty damned stupid for an opposition party to oppose everything simply because the name "Opposition" comes from the verb "oppose." That's just nonsense and you know it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by justakiwi View Post
    Yes and not before time, but watch this space. I’m expecting at least a few “Parliament is no place for babies/breastfeeding” responses to your post
    Good. I'll be first. Parliament is no place for babies.

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