I like Barry Soper; he’s a true professional and the two of us go way, way, way back to the Muldoon era. He reckons there will be a change of Government and he reckons it will be because Chris Hipkins’s Government looks like a dog’s breakfast:
Appearing on AM’s political panel, Newstalk ZB’s senior political correspondent Barry Soper and Newshub’s Patrick Gower from Paddy Gower Has Issues slammed the current Labour Government.
“Chris Hipkins, he’s liked by his caucus, there’s no doubt about that, but he can’t remove himself from all of the decisions that were made in Cabinet,” Soper said.
“You can have as many bonfires as you like, it’s still, essentially, the same Government and when it comes to people getting thrown out like Michael Wood, all the portfolios where do they go? They go to overworked ministers.”
Soper said earlier this year he told Hipkins, who took over the reins from Jacinda Ardern, his Government is going to “fall apart” because of “the numpties that surround [him].”
“He had a bonfire of policies but he needed to have a bonfire of the numpties,” Gower replied.
“His Government looks like an utter shambles. It has been a terrible year…. They look like an arrogant, out of ideas Government in its third term rather than one in its second term.”
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Truer words were never spoken, but it rather does highlight just how hopelessly the National Party is performing in such a target-rich environment.
Look, we all want Labour rinsed, but there is now a real risk that the election will produce a very close result with no decent majority leading to even more chaos.
As I have said before, the only way to remove Labour is to party vote for either National, Act, or NZ First. Pick the party that best matches your beliefs and back them. Your electorate vote is of no consequence. National isn’t going to get anywhere near John Key’s levels of support, so they are going to need support partners.
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