May 02, 2024
Polls spell trouble for Government
Posted On May 2, 2024
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If we were to chart the last 3 polls, the graph looks like this.
The sudden change in fortune for Labour and the collapse of National are made far more clear when you see it visually and helps explain the attacks against TVNZs Political Reporter Maiki Sherman’s excellent and professional examination of the Poll results.
The Political Right are spooked that in less than 5 months they have become deeply unpopular which is surprising when you consider the atrocious policy ideas they have been ramming through in their first 100 days.
The cruelty of pushing 13 000 children into poverty so they can fund a tax break for their wealthy real estate donors shouldn’t be rewarded politically and it hasn’t been as voters clamber to pull away from what has quickly become a toxic agenda of trans national mining interests and big tobacco.
The Fast Track powers where we will give Shane Jones, Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop total power are either frighteningly naive or criminally negligent.
It should surprise no one that New Zealanders are reconsidering their election result.
This Government has been a political wedding of inconvenience with no honeymoon straight to Couples Counselling.
Labour are rising but still haven’t presented a clear vision nor courage to state the real changes New Zealand needs.
The Greens under Chloe as leader continue to gain power while the Māori Party are now cemented into a 5%+ Party who will hold their Electorate Seats.
The real danger for this Government however are the next 90 days as they push through their actual agenda. If you have been made mad by what they did in their first 100 days, wait till you see the next 90!
This is where the true venality and self interest of their agenda will come out and as Kiwis do it very hard in a deepening economic recession they will want to know why the Government is looking after their donors more than they are the people of New Zealand.
The mighty Pakeha Public Intellectual Bruce Jesson once said that, “Labour governs for Capitalism, National governs for Capitalists”.
This year’s Austerity Budget may well prove that.
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