Labour govt 2020-23

[Logen Ninefingers]

From memory we saved something like $40m for ordering the slow track vaccines instead of getting them in early (in that case we would have rolled out the vaccines already).

The cost for this weeks lockdown alone (which would have been absolutely preventable if paying for the early vaccination is something like $1b ... but only if we don't need to extend (which might be doubtful).

Amazing how just one wrong decisions can burn that much money ... but hey, it is just our taxes - that's why Labour needs to keep rising them.

The rationale for the slow (snails pace) roll out was because we don't have a COVID outbreak in NZ and are the envy of the world.

Then we are told a Delta outbreak is inevitable. (Front-running with spin to deflect blame for incompetence).

So mostly unvaccinated & therefore a sitting duck should an outbreak occur.

This government should look after our health interests and stop patting themselves on the back and looking about at other countries. They should have got us to somewhere near the front of the queue as they promised, rather than 86th in the world. Too late now though.

[dobby41]

Usual story: 'no known links to the border - investigations continue'.

Obfuscate & treat the people as mushrooms. How many communications staff (spin doctors) will Cindy hire this week? It's a wonder they can all fit inside the Beehive!!

Are you saying that they should make something up?
Do you know that the 'truth' is other than what they say and there is a known link to the border?

[Balance]

Usual story: 'no known links to the border - investigations continue'.

Obfuscate & treat the people as mushrooms. How many communications staff (spin doctors) will Cindy hire this week? It's a wonder they can all fit inside the Beehive!!

The Covid Queen bee keeps producing drones. That's how Cindy likes it.

[Balance]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...s-leaflet-drop

As usual, another example of Labour’s ‘do as I say, not as I do.’

And the best part is that the useless Police Minister does not want to comment.

Maybe she is taking lessons from Kris ‘useless’ Faafoi of not fronting.

[Sir Ten]

All of a sudden vaccinations seem plentiful and available to all and sundry (but to be fair, you could disobey the Queen of spin and just go and get it).

Highly unlikely, but if anyone was to die from this outbreak, there's blood on Cindy's hands.

[dobby41]

All of a sudden vaccinations seem plentiful and available to all and sundry (but to be fair, you could disobey the Queen of spin and just go and get it).

Highly unlikely, but if anyone was to die from this outbreak, there's blood on Cindy's hands.

The vaccination rate was already ramping up as per the plan (as supplies became available).

[Balance]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...R3KG42DBO2FGA/

Paywalled

All about the spin, rather than on the delivery.

Cindy’s government allocates spin money even for the vaccine procurement - to hide the fact that it screwed up big time with the ‘front of the queue’ to ‘back of the queue’ debacle.

And many in the nation of mostly sheep lapped the spin up.

[artemis]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...R3KG42DBO2FGA/

Paywalled
All about the spin, rather than on the delivery.

Cindy’s government allocates spin money even for the vaccine procurement - to hide the fact that it screwed up big time with the ‘front of the queue’ to ‘back of the queue’ debacle.

And many in the nation of mostly sheep lapped the spin up.

MBIE spent $133,600 of its funds for "third party contractors and consultants for work on Covid-19 vaccine procurement" on communications, despite having 64 PR staff of its own. And that was just the beginning.

[Balance]

MBIE spent $133,600 of its funds for "third party contractors and consultants for work on Covid-19 vaccine procurement" on communications, despite having 64 PR staff of its own. And that was just the beginning.

This government makes a fool out of anyone who choose to believe the spin.

Imagine anyone being prepared to be fooled by their own money (taxes) spent on spin!

Oh I forgot - Cindy has been actively building up her Maori & beneficiary base who pay bugger all taxes anyway.

[fungus pudding]

RIP Sir Michael.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...el-cullen-dies