Labour govt 2020-23

[iceman]

Well we know there would be no place for her within National as a maori lgbt+ woman.

Act would for all the good it would do as they return to one MP next election.

I think you've missed the point again. She was shafted and fired from Labour. It has nothing to do with National or ACT but is a typical deflection tactic from you and Labour.
She arguably pushed through one of the most revolutionary, far reaching and contentious member's bill to ever go through the NZ Parliament. She achieved it after John Key gave it the nod.

[Balance]

Incompetent and clueless in both police and housing, Poto Williams (appointed because she is female and non white) does not know or acknowledges that :

1. There are 4,500 families with children living in emergency housing

and

2. Waiting list for housing has grown by over 20,000 since Labour became government in Nov 2017.

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA22...portfolios.htm

Same Poto Williams who believes that the rights of South Auckland criminals are more important to protect than arming the police.

[iceman]

Pretty much spot on :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/1282...tside-of-covid

[winner69]

Louisa Wall - WOW

“I love my party. I love our principles. I love what we stand for. I just think that some of the behaviour of the people in leadership at the moment is completely incongruent with who we are."

I don't think it's sour grapes- more like just pissed off big time

[Balance]

Pretty much spot on :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/1282...tside-of-covid

Sums up in this indicting paragraph :

"This government and this prime minister are tainted with a perception of incompetence. Ardern herself seems stuck in her role as the manager of the pandemic and gives the impression she is unwilling to relinquish it."

4.5 years with nothing to show of the huge promises she made to hoodwink NZers to get into government.

But in government, she is hellbent on implementing her non-mandated racist & divisive policies instead.

[Getty]

Well we know there would be no place for her within National as a maori lgbt+ woman.

Act would for all the good it would do as they return to one MP next election.

Panda, as our resident from the zoo, you would know how much damage claws can do.

As this labour govt is suffering death by 1000 cuts, how many cuts did Louisa Wall's comments today on Q & A , and since on the news, inflict?

[Getty]

Methinks the Louisa Wall story has more legs to grow and show.

Think about it.

Anyone who is capable of bringing contentious issues to Parliament, and getting support from the other side of the house to get the resolution they seek, must be considered a master politician.
An asset to any political party, never mind a govt in power.

To say that Jacinda was down on her for not supporting Grant Robertson, becomes old news once the other challenger Cunliffe departs the political scene, allowing new allegiances and support to form..

There must be more to the story...

Thursdays valedictory speech could be interesting.

[iceman]

Methinks the Louisa Wall story has more legs to grow and show.

Think about it.

Anyone who is capable of bringing contentious issues to Parliament, and getting support from the other side of the house to get the resolution they seek, must be considered a master politician.
An asset to any political party, never mind a govt in power.

To say that Jacinda was down on her for not supporting Grant Robertson, becomes old news once the other challenger Cunliffe departs the political scene, allowing new allegiances and support to form..

There must be more to the story...

Thursdays valedictory speech could be interesting.

It shows what a weak leader Jacinda is. She surrounds herself with yes peole, most of them absolutely useless with one failure after another in their portfolios, with zero consequences.

[Balance]

It shows what a weak leader Jacinda is. She surrounds herself with yes peole, most of them absolutely useless with one failure after another in their portfolios, with zero consequences.

And her ‘yes women & men’ in turn only want ‘yes’ people around them.

Remember how they tried to muzzle Sir Ian Taylor from speaking out about how badly the pandemic was being managed by the government?

And now we are witnessing the dance of the desperates as this Adern government lurches from one crisis to another disaster.

[moka]

Pretty much spot on :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/1282...tside-of-covid

An opinion piece from Damien Grant who is an Auckland business owner, a member of the Taxpayers’ Union and a regular opinion contributor for Stuff, writing from a libertarian perspective.
He says “However, the fundamental problem remains. This government and this prime minister are tainted with a perception of incompetence.”

Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state. So one way that they do this is to call the government incompetent. It is a disturbing world-wide trend to label governments as incompetent. It is propaganda and it undermines democracy and trust in government. It takes us down a rabbit hole, a disorienting, confusing place that’s hard to get out of, and down into a spiral of negativity, confusion, hopelessness and divisiveness.
Calling the government incompetent is about just focusing on the problem and never getting to a serious discussion about the solutions, and how to achieve them.