Labour govt 2020-23

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What else would you order at the circus.

Indeed, lol

Gotta have something before they bring on the chimps!

We've already had the horse prancing around.

[ynot]

Indeed, lol

Gotta have something before they bring on the chimps!

We've already had the horse prancing around.

Careful there mate, Timmy does not take kindly to anyone referencing a certain set of teeth

[nztx]

Careful there mate, Timmy does not take kindly to anyone referencing a certain set of teeth

It might still be too early to have finalised the attempted count of Hipkin's magnificient set of specimens ..

Dr Andrew must still be busy attending to another critical patient

[Logen Ninefingers]

Hipkins is making it clear that Ardern has been barking up the wrong tree with most of her policies & he is going to scrap them. A bit of a kick in the guts for all those Labourites that have been sycophantically singing this governments praises.

[jonu]

Hipkins is making it clear that Ardern has been barking up the wrong tree with most of her policies & he is going to scrap them. A bit of a kick in the guts for all those Labourites that have been sycophantically singing this governments praises.

My thoughts exactly. What's more, what has changed? One person leaving cabinet has caused all this? It's effectively the same bunch of incompetents who have been pursuing a hidden agenda. They can in no way be trusted.

[iceman]

Hipkins is making it clear that Ardern has been barking up the wrong tree with most of her policies & he is going to scrap them. A bit of a kick in the guts for all those Labourites that have been sycophantically singing this governments praises.

Yes absolutely right. Bearing in mind that he was at the very centre of the COVID response and the resulting border mayhem, as well as being the attack dog on anyone that spoke up, such as Charlotte Bellis and the lies he also spread about the women that entered Northland after being authorised to do so, was shockingly dishonest. It is hard for him to distance himself from that.
He also was renown by journalists for getting personally involved in delaying OIA requests, as was the whole of this "open and transparent" Government.
He is therefore significantly tainted by Labour's & Jacinda's unpopular policies, but at least he and many others finally realise & acknowledge how deeply unpopular and divisive they have been.

3 Waters, co-governance, Waka Kotahi failures and the TVNZ/RNZ are all areas he needs to stop/fix to have a chance at the next election. That means Mahuta, Jackson and the rest of the Maori Caucus backing down. How likely is that going to be ?

[Blue Skies]

My thoughts exactly. What's more, what has changed? One person leaving cabinet has caused all this? It's effectively the same bunch of incompetents who have been pursuing a hidden agenda. They can in no way be trusted.

Cant you see the glaring irony, somehow you & Christopher Luxon missed it.

What's changed about the National Party bunch of incompetents who only got 25.6% of the vote in the last election ?
Apart from those MP's who've been kicked out in disgrace just a change of the leader!

Luxon has no sense of humour so might be expected, but some of your posts are quite funny. .

[jonu]

Cant you see the glaring irony, somehow you & Christopher Luxon missed it.

What's changed about the National Party bunch of incompetents who only got 25.6% of the vote in the last election ?
Apart from those MP's who've been kicked out in disgrace just a change of the leader!

Luxon has no sense of humour so might be expected, but some of your posts are quite funny. .

If Labour thinks it can coast on the "Covid Election" result, well good luck with that.

What has changed? Ardern has gone. What else. The rest of the cabinet were on board with every incompetent and dishonest thing they did.

5 Waters

Co-governance (Hipkins is now saying it's not clear what that even means)

Immigration ballsup

Housing failure

Health Sector disaster

TVNZ/RNZ merger

Light Rail

Polytech cockup

It's a long list, and Hipkins was along for the ride on all of it.

[nztx]

My thoughts exactly. What's more, what has changed? One person leaving cabinet has caused all this? It's effectively the same bunch of incompetents who have been pursuing a hidden agenda. They can in no way be trusted.

A bit of a shuffling of the deckchairs .. two old monkeys newly rekitted at the helm,
portfolios biffed sideways into the laps of others to see if they can do any worse.
Same problems inherent as before .. limited time to change course and of course
the Report Card for the whole 3 year term due out nearer year end

One lot screaming loudly that everything is new - a miracle reincarnation, but most recognise
only new makeup applied to the tired old earlier mannequins now being paraded ..

What could possibly go wrong with an economy & confidence firmly set on a direct trajectory
course towards looking 'as limp as a wet paper bag' ?

[Panda-NZ-]

What's changed about the National Party bunch of incompetents who only got 25.6% of the vote in the last election ?

They put in a high priest to return the faithful back into the fold (National's natural 40% vote base).

Whether the blue gospel can win over the rest of the country is the question.