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# The CoL Is Simply the BEST at Being the Worst
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-col-is-simply-the-best-at-being-the-worst/
- Published: 2019-11-08T20:00:52.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-09T23:13:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

**William Felt**

Apart from Jacinda Ardern’s dress sense there are many, many other Labour party fails:

- Light Rail – no business case, no costings, no route map, no objectives – but a fuel tax already to pay for it. – fail
- Jacinda Ardern’s [personal attacks on Alan Jones](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/10/the-parrot-and-the-princess-a-tale-of-two-attacks/?ref=goodoil.news) years ago, come out now! – fail
- Anti-terror bill – not enough support – fail
- [Labour candidate for Wellington Mayor](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/10/poor-lester-shoved-down-the-memory-hole/?ref=goodoil.news) – fail
- Kiwibuild – fail
- Child Poverty – fail
- Immigration – fail
- Transformative Government – fail
- Open and Transparent – fail
- Economic Growth – fail
- Business Confidence – fail
- CGT – fail
- Trains – fail
- Regional Development Fund – fail
- Trees – fail
- Road toll – fail
- No more taxes – fail
- Pike River – fail
- Oil and Gas Industry – fail
- Free Speech – fail
- No Strikes – fail
- Fees Free – fail
- Elective Surgery – fail
- Understanding America – fail
- Claire Curran – fail
- Mega Fightery – fail
- 2019 Budget ‘Hack’ – fail
- Trevor Mallard (rape) – fail
- Phil Twyford – fail
- Kelvin Davis in the House – fail
- Grant Robertson 2019 Budget – fail
- Golriz Ghahraman – fail
- Ian Lees Galloway – fail
- Sroubek affair – fail
- Winston Peters asleep on the job – fail
- $10 visits to the Doctor – fail
- Kermadec marine sanctuary – fail
- Russian FTA – fail
- [Kiwibuild](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/10/the-bfd-transcript-part-2-delayed-sex-assault-allegation-report-kiwibuild-reset-justin-lester-slight-more/?ref=goodoil.news) recalibrate/reset/retreat/resign – fail
- World-class cancer treatment centres – fail
- DHB 2019 deficits – fail
- [Gun buy-back/confiscation](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/stuart-nashs-buggers-muddle-gun-law-changes/?ref=goodoil.news) – fail
- Information leaks: 1800 police, Waikeria Prison, three strikes, legislative programme, govt priorities, cannabis referendum, tertiary education reforms – fail
- Charter schools – fail
- Fuel taxes -fail
- [Labour Youth Camp](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/the-young-labour-camp-indecent-assault-case-part-one/?ref=goodoil.news) – fail
- Police numbers – fail
- Chief Technology Officer – fail
- Speaker of the House – fail
- Education reforms – fail
- [No lies](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/a-newspaper-fact-checked-arderns-viral-video-guess-what/?ref=goodoil.news) – fail
- Homelessness – fail
- NCEA Results – fail
- Mental Health Inquiry – fail
- [Hugs](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/hugs-for-terror-widows-but-not-for-sexual-assault-victims/?ref=goodoil.news) – **pass**
- Magazine Photo Ops – **pass**
- Budget Responsibility Rules – fail
- Crime Stats -fail
- Bullying and Harassment Report – fail
- Dunedin Hospital – fail
- Transparency – fail
- Repeal of criminal three strikes policy – fail
- Firearms buy-back – fail
- Road Safety Budget – fail
- NewsHub Poll (June 2019) – **pass**
- The “Rape” in Parliament that wasn’t
- Marsden Point Pipeline – fail
- Appointment of speaker on Day 1 – fail
- Airforce $1B purchase of Hercules with no tender – fail
- Twyford and Parker meet with Goff in a ‘secret meeting’ – fail
- Jenny Marcroft attempts to blackmail Mark Mitchell -fail
- Shane Jones’ Northland Province Growth Fund trucking magnate connections – fail
- “Good looking” race horses – fail
- A lobbyist in the PM’s office who does not declare his clients – fail
- Education – fail
- Health – fails (pending) – measles, vaccination, spending, statistics,,….
- [IRD Kiwisaver tax issue](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/10/you-cant-be-trusted-with-your-kiwisaver/?ref=goodoil.news) – fail
- Police Commissioner making statements relating to the activities of a political partner – fail
- [Census 2018 ](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/10/what-the-stuff-government-performance-review-ignored/?ref=goodoil.news)\-fail
- Abbey Hartley (RIP) – fail
- Tasman region after Cyclone Gita – fail
- Nelson Region after Fires – fail
- Surgical mesh register – fail
- Inquiry into Operation Burnham – fail
- Taking govt jet for a one day hui – fail
- Chinese relations – fail
- Facebook hate speech etc – fail
- Hardship grants – fail
- Gun register – fail
- Wore a Scarf – **pass**
- USA Trade deal – fail
- JAG car tax – fail
- Criminal Justice Summit spend $1.5M ($20k table assembly) – fail
- The [Ihum?tao land occupation](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/naive-pm-should-butt-out-of-ihumatao/?ref=goodoil.news) Ardern insisted on involving herself in, despite her saying over and over it’s got nothing to do with government – fail
- The public housing crisis. Numbers setting another record – fail
- DHB debt, as of last week it has blown out to hundreds of millions – fail
- [Oranga Tamariki](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/08/elliot-ikilei-lizzie-marvelly-on-oranga-tamariki-ihumatao/?ref=goodoil.news) baby snatching allegations and the department under siege – fail
- Confidence surveys numbers. Still falling, business at decade-long lows – fail
- The JobSeeker benefit numbers. Once again at record numbers -fail
- National Cancer Agency they promised and yet were beaten to by National? – fail
- Ministerial Advisory Group which resolved at its first meeting not to keep minutes so as not to have its proceedings subject to the OIA – fail
- [JAG Ministerial letter](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/08/jags-secret-letter-flouts-the-cabinet-manual/?ref=goodoil.news)? Or was it? – fail
- Kelvin Davis not knowing what CPI represents – fail
- PTPM not knowing that the new bill on Abortion was a Government Bill – fail
- Not knowing other party policies – ie) NZ First regarding referendum – fail
- PM still thinks a 737 is a 757, or a 757 is a 737, she just is not too sure. – fail
- First day in Parliament – couldn’t count their numbers and then lied about doing so – fail!
- Measles outbreak – fail
- [Sexual predator in PM’s office](https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/08/covering-up-an-alleged-sex-pest/?ref=goodoil.news) – fail
- Roading Projects – fail
- West Coast hydro dam – fail
- Question time attendance – fail
- Food parcels – fail
- House waiting list – fail
- Cost of living up – fail
- Electric vehicles for Public sector – targets abandoned – fail
- Inner City speed limits – fail
- Shane Jones target practice – fail

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