Audrey Young, writing in the Weekend Herald, says the biggest risk from the 2020 election result is that Labour’s outright majority could deliver the most boring parliamentary term in recent memory. In my view, that description could just as well apply to their first term where there was inaction from incompetents even allowing for Winston’s so-called handbrake. Any recognisable action was either a total failure or came too late. If the second term is boring too then that again will be the fault of Labour with continuing inaction from even more incompetents.
You see Audrey, I think you are so besotted with your left-wing friends in Labour you may have missed the more recent comments from the Leader of the Opposition. Judith Collins has resolved to take the National Party back to its roots. She has quickly reached the conclusion that trying to emulate an outfit as useless as Labour is not going to get her party anywhere. And so say all of us!! This could see some real fireworks in the upcoming Parliament.
Audrey then goes on to talk about the divisions in National and mentions Kaye, Adams, Muller and Bridges. She says unity in National is only skin deep. Well the two puddles aforementioned who caused the most problems have thankfully departed. Audrey says while Labour might be boring, National will provide plenty of drama through their unresolved internal tensions. She thinks they’ll have trouble finding a place between a CENTRIST Labour Party (there’s a joke to be shared around the barbie) and a bold Act Party to its right. As Labour are far from centrist, there are acres of ground for National to choose where they might pitch their tent.
Audrey said National’s main contribution regarding COVID-19 was to be about a week ahead of Labour in calling for things to happen such as closing the borders. A week? How about a month? A pity the incompetents in Labour didn’t take notice. We might have been spared the silly lockdowns. Unfortunately, the way Labour and Ardern operate, the fact that National suggested it would have been the very reason not to do it. Sandpit mentality. Audrey describes this as a pyrrhic victory for National i.e. a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Very clever Audrey.
I think Audrey, when it comes to National and Judith, don’t be surprised to witness something akin to a Phoenix rising from the ashes. If Judith is to be taken at her word, National’s path will be a very different one from the recent past. You will see National unshackle itself from the political bilge of Labour and determine a course that is much more about introducing policies that enable individuals to succeed through personal responsibility. Less government and red tape. Getting things done as opposed to a talkfest.
In short Audrey, I think you will see a much more united National Party and guess who more than anyone will have ensured that. One Trevor Mallard. If he’s not gone as Speaker before Parliament opens next year, the House will be anything but boring. The fact that he hasn’t been instantly dismissed is a stain on the Ardern/Robertson stewardship that Audrey raves about. This man has a personality affliction which, to varying degrees, is shared by all of those on the left of politics. It is as disagreeable to the eye as it is to the ear.
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